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Critic Reviews
Movie NationJul 21, 2022
Season 1 Review:
A new benchmark for in-depth looks at films and those who make them. For film lovers, “The Last Movie Stars” is unapologetically essential viewing, a gold standard fitting that rare on-screen power couple whose image together transcended even the often-spectacular work they did, with or without each other, on the big screen.
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The PlaylistJul 21, 2022
Season 1 Review:
[Ethan Hawke] expertly weaves footage from their films that, when paired with the memoir audio, takes on autobiographical layers, unearthing them like an archaeologist finding these layers hidden in plain sight. ... While the doc’s exploration of Newman’s superstardom in the 1960s is strong, Hawke’s careful examination of how motherhood affected Woodward’s stardom is raw and powerful.
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Jul 18, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It’s a picture-perfect look at a highly imperfect show-biz-royalty relationship. ... Because of his [Ethan Hawke's] willingness to look at all of it, the good and the bad and as much of the truth of it all he can track down, Hawke’s efforts pay off in a spectacular fashion.
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Jul 29, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The series is a visual feast. But its heart is Stern’s interviews, and Hawke came up with a terrific way to present them. ... At first, this [Hawke's Zoom appearances] seems like an affectation — though at the time it must have been a pandemic-dictated necessity. It quickly comes to seem natural, lending an informality to the film that makes it seem even more engaging.
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Jul 19, 2022
Season 1 Review:
This documentary series may not convince you its subjects were the last movie stars; their mastery of showing what they wanted the world to see feels utterly contemporary. But they’re unusually gifted ones — as, after spending six hours in their company, you’ll leave “The Last Movie Stars” wanting more.
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May 23, 2022
Season 1 Review:
This thoughtful exploration of the couple’s artistic collaborations and offscreen relationship offers surprises at every turn and, with no prefab treatise to prove, it gets under the skin. ... The series is haunting as well as celebratory, filled with reminders of unsung triumphs and forgotten corners of the filmographies and stage work. Fans both ardent and casual will find plenty to savor.
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Jul 20, 2022
Season 1 Review:
You get an almost visceral appreciation for Hawke’s unbridled and infectious love of movies and his undying passion for chronicling the life and times of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, the subjects of this brilliantly conceived, masterfully executed, admirably honest and consistently revealing series.
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IndieWireMar 14, 2022
Season 1 Review:
In the span of 60 minutes Hawke not only lays the groundwork for how Woodward and Newman fell in love, but how they came to represent the last gasp of a dying era. ... If you’re a classic film fan or just a devotee of cinema make it a point of seeing "The Last Movie Stars."
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Jul 19, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The director/narrator's enthusiasm serves to undercut the importance of his subjects. ... Perhaps you have to be a fan of either of the actors already to burrow into "The Last Movie Stars," though in terms of film biography, or documentary in general, it's a remarkable piece of work in the way it toys with structure and freewheeling impressionistic portraiture and creates a knowing account of what it meant to have a life in pictures, and marry it to another, and then figure out who is going to be who, and which part to play. As a story about stars, it may be a period piece. As a story about relationships, it doesn't really have an expiration date.
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