‘La La Land’ is an outstanding throwback to the old-style movie musical
“When you give up your dream, you die.” Michael Nouri as “Nick” in ‘Flashdance’ While La La Land is set in the present, its soul is set in a long-gone era. That being the era when movie musicals were always to be found in theaters. Writer/director Damien Chazelle who did the same double-duty on Whiplash…