Truth is one, but the sages speak of it by many names. —The Rig Veda The Two Popes, directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, opens in 2005, with the election of Joseph Ratzinger (Anthony Hopkins) as Pope Benedict XVI, and closes in … Continue reading THE TWO POPES and THE BELLS OF ST. MARY
It meant an awful lot to me,” Welsh writer/director Sara Sugarman says. “I mean, I wrote all my little films, and Annie Mary, sitting in Wendy’s kitchen, listening to her and her friends talk.” Wendy is Wendy Phillips, a cleaning lady … Continue reading VERY ANNIE MARY
RECIPE FOR A SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS MOVIE Star to finish: ~90 minutes Servings: One smallish art-house audience Take two parts religion One part aging individual (preferably white) Blend together until their inherent differences rise to the surface. Let rest. Add a … Continue reading DOUGH
1870, America: a train rounds the bend and stops at a dusty horse town to deliver a wife (Nanna Øland Fabricius) and son (Toke Lars Bjarke) to the husband and father who hasn’t seen either in a decade. They seemed … Continue reading THE SALVATION
I want you to contextualize my sadness,” Philip says. “Put whatever you’re going through into perspective.” Philip delivers this line to his girlfriend, but he might as well address it directly to the camera. Or to the world. As far … Continue reading LISTEN UP PHILIP
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