Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always is an evocative coming of age film about teenage girls on the precipice of womanhood. Never Rarely Sometimes Always is one of those films where the somber and sometimes sobering storyline is presented with a level of frankness, honesty, and sincerity that has you wonder if it is filming Read More…
Year: 2020
A Hidden Life – Ultimately it is Not.
If the story to be told is hidden, does it really exist? Can love, a way of life, and commitment to a foundational belief continue to exist if a requested compromise is made or denied? The film, A Hidden Life Written and Directed by Terrance Malick (Days of Heaven, A Thin Red Line) examines those Read More…
Visually and Emotionally Engrossing: The Lighthouse
Few films that attempt to place its audience in another time period completely succeed in delivering what feels like a full transformation. The Lighthouse is set on a isolated and essentially barren island in the North Atlantic United States in the 1800’s. The principals are a Lighthouse Keeper played by Willem Dafoe, and his hand Read More…