The following is part of Full Circle Cinema’s coverage of Sundance 2023. The NEXT section in Sundance has long been home to movies on the fringe. Films that are more avant-garde, experimental. A lot of these films languish in obscurity following […]
The following is part of Full Circle Cinema’s coverage of Sundance 2023. Space. A Rorschach test for the mind. Some view it as a new frontier, an endless black sea to ride upon in search of great wonders. To the more […]
The following is part of Full Circle Cinema’s coverage of Sundance 2023. One of the biggest joys of a festival is seeing a film that you know will become a bonafide crowd-pleaser. You hear the buzz beforehand, and within a […]
Florian Zeller’s directorial debut, The Father, became an unlikely awards darling upon its release in 2020. Pulling a major upset for Best Actor at the Academy Awards two years ago for Anthony Hopkins, the film marked a successful transition from […]
Gerard Butler deserves his flowers. For the past decade or so, the actor’s steadfast commitment to pumping out genre movies no other actor would touch has kept the mid-budget film alive. Sometimes, this results in some gems: Greenland, Copshop, or the cult-classic-in-the-making Olympus […]
Water, like cinema, is ever-changing, bending to the will of whatever and whoever holds it. To the unimaginative, it’s something to contain – to force into increasingly unnatural shapes that may be impressive, but artificial. In its true splendor, water […]
Movies about movies by prolific filmmakers are en vogue right now, as are movies aping their youth or experience. Bonus points if they get both. Armageddon Time probes James Gray’s early school experiences with systemic racism, The Fabelmans acts as […]
Regret is a hell of a drug. In The Five Devils, the new film from Léa Mysius (Ava), it’s a drug that Joanne (Adèle Exarchopoulos) cannot shake. Despite having a loving husband, Jimmy (Moustapha Mbengue), and a daughter, Vicky (Sally […]
Close. A word that inspires the immediate image of two objects sharing the space. On a more fundamental level, however, the word denotes a sense of emotional intimacy. Thirteen-year-olds Léo (Eden Dambrine) and Rémi (Gustav de Waele) exemplify every meaning […]
I remember seeing Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant opening night. I had liked, not loved, Best Picture winner Birdman, but I loathed every minute of his follow-up. Basking in the glow of its own technical achievement, it offered nothing other than Leonardo DiCaprio […]
