When a movie starts out with a soundtrack that is more suitable for an hotel elevator, then it really doesn’t bode well for what is to follow. Even with a really talented cast that included Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin and veteran French actor Arnaud Viard, this debut feature film written and directed by Eleanor Coppola turned out to … Continue reading
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s latest movie unfolds in the calm overly slow pace that is essentially the director’s signature style, and which makes it something of a breath of fresh air these days when most movies seem to hurtle along at breakneck speed. This is the story of Patterson (Adam Driver) a very ordinary working man who … Continue reading
So often when you hear about the frantic bidding wars that burn the midnight oil at Sundance as studios scramble to sign up the latest over-hyped movie, it always ends in tears. Seems like every year when a new record price is paid the Studio then struggles to make a profit, and in the cases … Continue reading
Person to Person is an odd New York centric dramedy about a random group of locals whose lives in this one single day loosely overlap. They are small people whose real common thread is that they all make a great deal out of what boils down to being very little indeed. There is bearded Benny … Continue reading
This new French feature film co-directed by world-renowned choreographer Angelin Preljoçaj along with screenwriter Valérie Müller is an adaption of Bastien Vivès novel about a young girl pursuing her dreams and it very firmly makes the dancing far more important than the actual plot itself. This is more of an observation than a criticism and it is a move … Continue reading