The story of Pinocchio, first penned in 1883 by Italian writer Carlo Collodi, has long been a favorite of storytellers: A lonely man fashions a boy out of wood; the wooden boy becomes sentient; a cricket teaches the wooden child … Continue reading GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Only Lovers Left Alive observes the decay of culture and society not from within but from without. The lovers of the title, Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton), have been married for centuries but now live apart, he in … Continue reading ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
Jessica first heard the bang in the early morning hours. It’s an unearthly sound, a loud thump she describes as a big concrete ball falling into a metallic well surrounded by seawater. Certainly not a sound you hear every day. … Continue reading MEMORIA
Three Thousand Years of Longing is about stories. Myths and fairy tales, to be precise, but the movie is about how stories once were, and will always be, like breath to us. The narrator, Alithea (Tilda Swinton), tells us as much … Continue reading THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING
Set in a nondescript country in the near future, The Zero Theorem focuses on Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz), a man lacking both hair and individuality. Leth refers to himself in the plural—always “we,” never “I”—and “they” like to be left alone. Leth … Continue reading THE ZERO THEOREM
In 1850, Charles Dickens published his eighth novel, an autobiography of sorts, and his proclaimed favorite: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account). It … Continue reading THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Amy Schumer tries everything. Especially when it comes to shooting a one-night stand for her movie. “I was like, ‘What if we see his dick?’” Schumer says, describing the well-endowed Staten Islander that opens 2015’s Trainwreck. “What if he has a huge … Continue reading Amy Schumer on TRAINWRECK
Wes Anderson’s cinematic style did not appear fully formed. It took a few movies over five years before Anderson locked in on formal compositions, planimetric framing, cuts along the 90-degree axis, diorama-esque interiors, Richard Scarry-like landscapes, idiosyncratic dialogue, peculiar characters, … Continue reading THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Stars can conceive, and they can kill. Two billion years from now, humanity will be snuffed out. Our sun will collapse, and the life-giving Earth will once again be a cold lump of rock floating in space. So with no … Continue reading LAST AND FIRST MEN
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