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THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY – Review by Walker Conger (Mentorship Program Critic)

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When Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) first plays the piano while wearing a borrowed Princeton jacket, there’s no way to expect what a thrilling ride director Anthony Minghella will take you on for the next two hours in his 1999 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel of the same name, this underrated entry of Damon’s extensive filmography captures the beautiful Italian scenery of small, tight-knit towns and the expansiveness of Rome and Venice. Aided by the heavy use of jazz throughout the score, the film paints a picture of a carefree, “la dolce vita” post-war lifestyle that would be very enticing to a struggling New York restroom attendant like Tom Ripley.

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MARTY SUPREME – Review by Susan Granger

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Set in 1952, Marty Supreme revolves around cocky ping-pong prodigy Marty Mauser (Timothee Chalamet), an obnoxious, self-serving, self-confident con man whose reckless schemes propel him far from his Lower East Side, New York roots, much to the chagrin of his mother (Fran Drescher). Problem is: In the United States, table-tennis champions don’t make money, so Marty must sell shoes in his Uncle Murray’s (Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman) store, where he has sex in the stockroom with his childhood sweetheart Rachel (Odessa A’zion), who is married to unsuspecting Ira (Emory Cohen).

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