duende \dü-en-(,)dā\ noun: the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm To make it in Hollywood, you got to have duende, and Hampton Fancher has duende in spades. Born July 13, 1938, in East Los Angeles, California, to a … Continue reading ESCAPES
Still wonderful, isn’t it? And no dialogue. We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces. There just aren’t any faces like that anymore. — Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard Of all the faces to grace the silver screen, none were greater or … Continue reading COLLEGE
The camera swoops over rocky peaks and muddy roads covered in ice and snow. It’s an inhospitable and barren environment, as inviting as the Sahara Desert or the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s wintertime in Wyoming, and it’s about … Continue reading WIND RIVER
It starts with a woman, naked and alone. She primps herself in the mirror, bangs on the brass bars of her bedpost in frustration, and paces the shabby room like a caged animal. What does she want? Sex, of course. … Continue reading BONNIE AND CLYDE
Even though The Midwife—the latest from writer/director Martin Provost—opens with a live birth, the story revolves around an off-screen death, with Claire (Catherine Frot) at the center of both. She is a midwife, and we come to know the type of … Continue reading THE MIDWIFE
Watch enough movies and trends start to develop. One of the major ones: Love is hard; fidelity is harder. And as time wears on, it becomes even harder. At least for Tom (John Turturro), a middle-aged father of two daughters … Continue reading LANDLINE
Detroit—the latest film from Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow—opens with as much promise and technical brilliance as any feature made this year. Starting with a brief animation depicting the White Flight of the 20th century, Detroit opens on the early morning of … Continue reading DETROIT
Dunkirk—the latest feature from filmmaker Christopher Nolan—isn’t like any other war movie. That’s because Dunkirk isn’t the story of a famous victory but of an infamous retreat. The year is 1940, and the German army has surrounded the British on the beaches … Continue reading DUNKIRK
The road is best shared with an old friend. Be it a drinking buddy, a childhood companion, or an old lover—any trip down the dusty trail of memory is one that must be shared. For successful Bangkok architect Thana (Thaneth … Continue reading POP AYE
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