Chicago, see the Todd Solondz anthology, Wiener-Dog, early and for free
A full 21 years after Todd Solondz introduced the world to one of his most empathetic characters in Welcome To The Dollhouse, the director is revisiting the life of Dawn Wiener in this summer’s Wiener-Dog. More than just a belated sequel, Wiener-Dog is an anthology, weaving together four separate stories (one of which features Dawn), each connected by the titular pooch. In his review, film critic A.A. Dowd said, “Wiener-Dog’s laughs are typically sour, but the filmmaker hasn’t landed this many of them since Storytelling.” He also singled out the film’s final segment as “a surreal meditation on better lives not lived,” featuring two superb performances (from Ellen Burstyn and Zosia Mamet) that make the film worth the price of admission alone.
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