What stories will this generation tell the ones to come? If the latest output from Hollywood is any indication, they will tell and re-tell the stories of previous generations with slight variations that aren’t adapted but simply repackaged. Hell, if … Continue reading GHOST IN THE SHELL
Few films announce themselves as succinctly with an opening image as Frantz does. In the foreground: green leaves and pink flowers waving in the breeze. In the distance: a provincial German town draped in monochromatic black and white. In this single image, … Continue reading FRANTZ
Not everyone can shop for themselves. Some aren’t very good at it, some are too busy, and others are too well known to walk into Cartier without TMZ hounding them out the door. A personal shopper is a must for … Continue reading PERSONAL SHOPPER
Thanks to Disney’s ability to cash-in on nostalgia, a tale as old as time with songs as old as rhyme is back in theaters to the sounds of ringing cash registers and uneven responses. Though there is great money in … Continue reading THE LURE (CÓRKI DANCINGU)
A man builds his life. He tells his story, he buries his secrets, and he forgets his lies. Then he grows old and begins to wonder: Was I right? Was I wrong? Did I say too much? Not enough? Too … Continue reading THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
If a description is necessary of Disney’s 2017 live-action re-telling of Beauty and the Beast, let it be this: Moviemaking by committee. Not one frame of this two-hour and nine-minute hollow money grab smacks of personality or identity. Nor does it … Continue reading BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Cats have been woefully maligned by cinema. Sometimes they are villains—like the conniving Si and Am from Lady and the Tramp—or a symbol for women on the prowl—such as Cat from Breakfast at Tiffany’s—or a symbol of a sad and lonely woman—the … Continue reading KEDI
The Son of Joseph begins with two young men poking a rat in a steel cage with a prod. The rat scurries from one part of the cage to the other, trying to evade the prod, but his efforts are futile. … Continue reading THE SON OF JOSEPH
You can’t go home again, but people certainly do try. Often with disastrous results. Peter Latang (Jesse Wakeman) left his small Rhode Island home years ago, but the death of his grandmother has beckoned him back to the snowy working-class … Continue reading DONALD CRIED
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