Here we have a bittersweet little character study masquerading as a caper flick. There are, as you would expect, a few plot twists, none terribly surprising, but handled with a surprising, unaffected charm considering the downbeat nature of the story. Our hero is one Victor Kelly, played by an astonishingly low key Christopher Walken. Hes… Read More »
HEREAFTER
Though the main characters of Clint Eastwoods HEREAFTER have all been profoundly affected by their brushes with the afterlife, the film is about anything but death. Rather, it is how each of them copes here after the experiences that have altered their lives irrevocably. Screenwriter Peter Morgan skillfully weaves together three stories that move inevitably… Read More »
MA VIE EN ROSE
Ludovic, the diminutive hero of MA VIE EN ROSE is as the saying goes, a little boy with a difference. When he makes a grand entrance at his parents’ housewarming party, he’s wearing his sister’s dress and his mom’s lipstick and earrings. In their bourgeois suburban enclave, this causes eyebrows to rise perceptibly.When he later announces that he will… Read More »
THE ZOOKEEPER
THE ZOOKEEPER is an unjustly overlooked film about bitter regret and unexpected redemption told in the starkest possible terms. Released in 2001, it features a towering performance by Sam Neill in the title role as Ludovic, former Communist party true believer now tending to the municipal zoo in an unnamed war-torn eastern European country suffering… Read More »
THE ZOOKEEPER
THE ZOOKEEPER is an unjustly overlooked film about bitter regret and unexpected redemption told in the starkest possible terms. Released in 2001, it features a towering performance by Sam Neill in the title role as Ludovic, former Communist party true believer now tending to the municipal zoo in an unnamed war-torn eastern European country suffering… Read More »
NGHT CATCHES US
There is in every frame of NIGHT CATCHES US the vivid, demanding presence of the past that is more than just being set in the Philadelphia of 1976. Writer/director Tanya Hamilton uses close-ups of her stellar cast as they pause in conversation with one another and, as they gaze at one another, or into an… Read More »
COUNTRY STRONG
COUNTRY STRONG is a sorry piece of screenwriting with excellent music and an emotionally ragged and truthful performance from Gwyneth Paltrow that is one of the best of her career. The plot is a string of hackneyed plot points from every flick ever made about show biz. Though there are hints of ALL ABOUT EVE,… Read More »
BIUTIFUL
BIUTIFUL is a somber, lyrical, joyous, and troubling tone poem of a film. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has made a haunting consideration of the mysteries of the universe. The protagonist, Uxbal, is a dying man raging against the dying of his light. After a life spent living by his wits from day to day, a diagnosis… Read More »
THE EAGLE
THE EAGLE is a literate slog through Roman-occupied Britain. It’s a gritty, atmospheric experience where honor is the goal, and finding it takes some unexpected turns. Based on the novel of the same name by Rosemary Sutcliff, it starts with actual historical incidents, adds artistic license, and comes up with a metaphorical tale that speaks… Read More »
OF GODS AND MEN (DES DIEUX ET DES HOMMES)
OF GODS AND MEN, based on a real incident, is an engrossing consideration of the struggle for religion to exist in the modern world untainted by politics. Set in a rural Cistercian monastery with a long history in the Muslim country it serves, the film proceeds at a deliberate pace that serves to enhance the growing… Read More »
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