Wham!’s Groundbreaking Chinese Adventure Revisited
The world felt unsure about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s Chinese ‘Careless Whisper’ in 1985 but four decades later a documentary shows the tour was pioneering.
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CARLOS SOUSA
New York, New York
Carlos Sousa is a Movie Reviewer for The New York Sun.
Mr. Sousa has written marketing content for publications, websites, and corporations, including the New Yorker, ELLE, Vulture.com, and General Motors, for over 20 years. Immersed in old world culture and contemporary entertainment as a Portuguese-American dual citizen, and having studied the history of the arts at Rutgers University, he specializes in film and music criticism.
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‘Motor City’ Has a Novel Premise but Follows a Familiar Route
The film’s wordless narrative is innovative and immersive but the story itself is an unoriginal crime melodrama and revenge tale.
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Luchino Visconti’s ‘White Nights’ Is Movie Heaven
The 1957 drama is a masterful depiction of young love and lost illusions, guided by the luminous and guileless presence of Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell.
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