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What Is a Bradley Cooper Film?


The answer is more complicated than “a love story starring Bradley Cooper.” Sort of.

But there is plenty of singing in A Star Is Born, and Maestro does have a bit of dance, and all musical interludes are strategically deployed to heighten that which already feels big — immense flirting, significant love-making, a lot of fighting. When Lenny and Felicia meet at a party, they sneak off to a side room for a rapid-fire expository dump, their profiles hovering at the borders of the frame until drunk friends suddenly appear in the center. And with only two films, he’s established his micro-genre as Oscars worthy: A Star Is Born was nominated in 2019, and while Maestro is still waiting on 2024’s Academy nominee announcements, the movie managed to nab a Golden Globe nod.

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