Jenni is a misfit and a nerd. She is so clumsy that she breaks most of the plant pots at the nursery where she works and that really pisses off her boss. Her self-absorbed roommates all but one ignore her, and she is totally friendless. It gets even worse after she is hospitalized and loses … Continue reading
Newbie filmmaker Aaron Douglas Johnson’s debut feature is an unsettling docu-drama hybrid that arose from a very personal tragedy in his life. Johnson was born in a small town in Iowa and as an only child he grew up very close to his cousin Matt. By all accounts Matthew, a devout Catholic and a passionate … Continue reading
For his 6th feature film queer filmmaker Todd Haynes returns to the 1950’s and re-visits the theme of repressed sexuality that he captured so brilliantly in his Oscar-nominated “Far From Heaven” in 2002. Last time he worked from his own script, but this time around British/American playwright Phyllis Nagy has adapted Patricia Highsmith’s controversial novel … Continue reading
This debut feature film by young Brit writer/director Daniel Grasskamp is a coming-of-age story that is sparse in both plot and dialogue. It’s the tale of a introverted 17 year old photography student Cat (Jodie Hirst) whose very lonely life centers around her cat who is not just her only friend but also the … Continue reading
It’s been some sixteen years since his last film the Oscar Nominated Little Children but writer/director Todd Field is back with Tár and what looks like a real humdinger. Cate Blanchett stars as renowned (and highly fictional) composer Lydia Tár, in the film regarded as the first-ever female chief conductor of a major … Continue reading