J Jagannath: Making it big

Watch 'La La Land' and 'American Honey' to understand it's not such a bad thing to dream big

I  know I promised a best of 2016 list in my previous column but I can’t not write about La La Land, the most Christmas-y movie that needs to be watched by everyone. I wasn’t too impressed with Damien Chazelle’s wretchedly uneven albeit runaway hit Whiplash but his follow-up about a young, ambitious couple in Los Angeles warmed my cockles like Christmas mittens. The leads are Emma Stone as Mia, an aspiring actress with a day job of a barista, and Ryan Gosling as Sebastian, a jazz pianist who wants to open his own jazz club. I am not an aficionado of musicals ...

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J Jagannath: Making it big