‘Joyland’: How Is This Saim Sadiq’s First Feature?
In addition to directing with consummate panache, his screenplay admits to a level of emotional and sociological nuance that is the litmus test for dividing melodrama from the insinuating truths of art.

Invoking the dictionary definition of a particular word as an introduction to the topic at hand is, famously, the hoariest of journalistic tropes. Here’s a close second: applying Leo Tolstoy’s thoughts about family, as laid out in “Anna Karenina,” to a discussion about the intricacies of any sort of community. Repeat after me: “All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family….”
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