The Skeleton Twins
Just as Maggie is about to fill her mouth with enough pills to ensure she shakes off her mortal coil. she gets a telephone call from a Nurse in a Hospital E.R. room telling her that Milo her twin brother has just attempted suicide. The news means that she puts her own plans on hold … Continue reading
The Souvenir : Filmmakers film launches a Swinton dynasty
The thrillingly eccentric Tilda Swinton has added to her legacy by birthing an acting dynasty. Her own exquisite cameo in this movie, The Souvenir, is surprisingly eclipsed by the central character played by her daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne. This British-American film, written and directed by Joanna Hogg, is a semi fictional (therefore semi biographical?) tale … Continue reading
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
Teenager Sutton Keely has an inexhaustible amount of confidence and good humor, and is the life and soul of the many parties that are the pivot of his very existence. He coasts along at school barely managing C- grades and makes his time in class bearable with sips from his hip flask that his is … Continue reading
THE STANDBYS
There cannot possibly be any other job in Show (or any other) Business where you need the patience of a Saint, be as tough old nails, and as resilient as a rubber band whilst possessing enough talent to substitute for a Broadway Star at the drop of a hat. This is of course the role … Continue reading
The Student
For his seventh feature film acclaimed Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov has adapted a stage play by the German writer Marius von Mayenburg that takes a hefty swipe at religious fanaticism with this tale of Veniamin (Pyotr Skvortsov) a rebellious newly-devout teenager who is literally determined to make life hell for everyone else who he thinks are sinners. … Continue reading