At Eternity’s Gate – Van Gogh’s Calling
There is throughout the film a sense that for Van Gogh painting was in many ways a spiritual exercise.
There is throughout the film a sense that for Van Gogh painting was in many ways a spiritual exercise.
In production notes for the film, Labaki says the title comes from the French word ?capharna?m? which translates as ?chaos?. She also notes that it is the name of a biblical city, which was ?a place where miracles could happen.?
?Tis the season of heartwarming holiday movies featuring cute kids, Santa Claus, and the joy of the season.
There are a couple of twists that take place, neither terribly earthshattering. So the story plays out as an action thriller with very little credibility.
Vox Lux is a story of the loss of innocence. It is also a reflection on the possibility of losing one?s foundational values along with that innocence. While we see this play out in the life of a girl and the woman she becomes, it may also give us pause to think about society and nations and what we all may be becoming.
Most of the Michael Polish film Nona seems like a dream. There are new young people who seem to have a wonderful life opening up for them. But for one of them this dream turns into a nightmare.
If you look around your desk, or your pantry, you will almost certainly see products that come to you because of child labor (which is very often slavery).
In Everybody Knows, director Asghar Farhadi leaves Iranian stresses behind (cf., A Separation, The Past, and The Salesman) for a more Eurocentric story.
Winner of the Palme d?Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, Shoplifters is a part of Hirokazu Kore-eda?s examination of family?s place within society. This is a topic he has looked at from various angles in other films, notably Like Father, Like Son; Our Little Sister; Nobody Knows; and I Wish. (I recommend them all.)
?I?m on my side. Always.? It isn?t news that politics can be a cutthroat sport. But in the hands of Yorgos Lanthimos, all that palace intrigue can become the basis of humor. The Favourite is a Machiavellian comedy set 400 years ago that reflects the way power often happens in secret, but with important consequences….