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Des Moines Double Feature: ‘Mean Streets’ & ‘The Irishman’

Posted on December 17, 2019

Want to know which movies are worth your time? The Des Moines Film Society has you covered, with the Des Moines Double Feature! In this series, we highlight two movies that pair well together, revealing aesthetic and thematic insights about each other. This week, we’re shining a spotlight on two masterful films from opposite ends of Martin Scorsese’s incomparable career: “Mean Streets,” from 1973, and “The Irishman,” from 2019. Although separated by nearly a half-century of...

‘Joker’ Reviewed: Predicting the Punchline

Posted on October 17, 2019

by Clinton Olsasky

Few films in recent years have generated as much excitement, controversy and, yes, fear as “Joker,” director Todd Phillips’ dark and twisted origin story about the infamous DC Comics villain. Scrutinized for its potential to inspire real-world violence, “Joker” details one lonely man’s transformation from outcast to killer — all from a highly subjective (and arguably dangerous) point of view. The fact that “Joker” has elicited such scrutiny, igniting a debate over the moral responsibilities of...

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Des Moines Double Feature: ‘Mean Streets’ & ‘The Irishman’

‘Joker’ Reviewed: Predicting the Punchline