Hillbilly Elegy Is Not the Fun Kind of BadThe Amy Adams and Glenn Close–led adaptation of J.D. Vance’s memoir says more about an idea of prestige cinema than it does the white working class.
ByAlison Willmore
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Who Is Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy For?The streamer’s piece of Oscar bait, based on J.D. Vance’s controversial memoir, is an exercise in elite arrogance.
The Best Film Performances of 2016It would be much easier to make a Worst Performances of 2016 list than one that could do justice to all the terrific ones.