A Quiet Passion – Emily Dickinson and Spiritual Contemplation
While watching A Quiet Passion I was struck by how well Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) would fit in with today?s ?spiritual but not religious? sentiment.
While watching A Quiet Passion I was struck by how well Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) would fit in with today?s ?spiritual but not religious? sentiment.
Colossal co-stars Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis and director Nacho Vigalondo In her latest film, Colossal, Hathaway manages to channel all of her experience into her portrayal of Gloria, an alcoholic with a deep desire for belonging.? During the film?s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of last year, we had the…
The Transfiguration is a different kind of vampire movie. But then it?s not really a vampire movie because we don?t have any of the undead who cannot stand the sun and are killed with a stake.
Of course, this is not just a history lesson of a turbulent time. The film never mentions more recent issues that have led to Black Lives Matter, but one cannot watch this film and not see today?s world.
It is rare that a film can seem to be poetry, and that may be even more difficult when the film has no dialogue. Yet The Red Turtle manages to be just that.
The relevance of this film was scary. . . . We were filming scenes of refugees fleeing across the desert while we were watching it on television. We were filming a siege in the mountains when the Yazidi were trapped in a mountain by ISIS.
Jerry Bruckheimer has done it again. But is it really necessary? Will Dead Men Tell No Tales enhance the franchise, or just extend the misery many fans have expressed? For me, the trailers look promising. Bruckheimer has said he wanted to breathe new life into the franchise, and it appears the new directors,?Joachim R?nning and…
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The modern concept of genocide did not begin with the Holocaust; it started with the attempted extermination of the Armenians during the early years of World War I. The Promise tells the horrifying tale through the story of a love triangle (or perhaps quadrangle).
Who is Smurfette and what is her purpose? This is the question, or problem, to be answered in the latest Smurf film, and the first all-animated feature in what Sony Animation hopes will springboard a new level of interest in the little, blue folks. In?Smurfs: Lost Village, Smurfette discovers that there are others like her…