Drama Rated PG-13
There’s no getting around the fact that Johnson is disastrous.
Drama Rated PG
"Visually, thematically, intellectually – there is nothing sharp about this picture."
Drama Rated R
"…recalls the screwball psychiatry of Russell’s earlier efforts, only this time the farce has heart."
"…the bodily invasions are not only reflective of a psychological state, but of a socioeconomic one as well."
Drama Rated NR
"…registers less as a drama than as a filmed scientific experiment."
If the cinema had a face, it would have to be that of Maria Falconetti. As the star – the celestial center, really – of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s dramatization of the trial of Joan of Arc, Falconetti is a religious icon come to life. This makes her performance sound operatic, yet what’s astonishing is how
It’s a bit of a slow boil, but this 1943 melodrama eventually bubbles over with Bette Davis literally trying to shake some sense into Miriam Hopkins. Although that’s when things get really fun, this is actually fairly good throughout. Davis plays Kit Marlowe, a critically respected but commercially unreliable novelist who returns to her hometown
“…reveals pockets of empathy existing in defiance of Iran’s oppressive regime.”
What is a movie? What is a documentary? What role does cinema play in our lives? I have one more question for you: Can an engrossing narrative film be made out of such meta concerns? Yes, at least in the hands of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Close-Up is an exercise in film theory, but thankfully
"Whatever you’re told this movie is about, remember it’s about Phoenix’s face first."
