By Grace Williams. As a Nicole Kidman fan, I’ve been itching for Nicole to step out of her leggy-blonde and dowdy-mom roles for a long time. Karyn Kusama [Jennifer’s Body, The Invitation] has plunged Nicole into a role so different from anything she’s ever done before that you even forget you’re
Under a bright winter sun an elderly man mutters the words tant pis (too bad) as he looks over the stunning bay. Appearing to be resigning himself to something – life, his house, a regret - he has a stroke and these words remain a mystery. As his adult children
Marfa Marfa Marfa is a curious mix consisting mostly of hand-drawn sketch animation accompanying and illustrating a variety of audio recordings based on a poem based on a small town. The resulting film has an infantile charm all of it's own. It is a testament that you can make a film
By Grace Williams. Barry Jenkins has already established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the directing world after Moonlight’s Oscar win. This time adapting a novel instead of a play, Jenkins takes on James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk. The film follows Tish and Alonzo, a young couple
A dog is barking, and a garishly dressed man crouches conspicuously by his gate waiting for him to stop. Oskars Rupenheits’ debut feature follows Imants, a hapless screenwriter on the search for reality. In an effort to compose his latest work, Imants wants to immerse himself in criminal culture, setting
