Drama Rated R
“And you thought Ralph Fiennes was scary as Voldemort.
Drama Rated NR
“…about the unexpected – and little understood – intermingling of the earthly and the divine.”
The Filmspotting Bresson Marathon continues with this classic, a "work of sublime simplicity."
Drama Rated PG-13
“Sentimental and old-fashioned, yes, but also vitally contemporary and terribly upsetting.
My Euro-art alarm bells were ringing with this one, considering early word about it only highlighted certain elements: a lot of talking, purposeful obtuseness, Juliette Binoche. And while the movie has all of those things, it’s also something surprising: impossibly romantic. Directed by Iran’s Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy stars Binoche as a French antiques dealer
“Deeper than mere mimicry…
“…an uncomfortable combination of movie precociousness and real-world catastrophe.
“…like being caught in a barbed-wire fence of ethical dilemmas.
“What’s missing here is Almodovar’s most distinguishing characteristic: compassion.
It’s clear, very early on, we’re not in the hands of a “narrative” filmmaker. Indeed, first-time feature director Steve McQueen comes from an experimental film background, and he brings that formalistic aesthetic to bear on a story that in other, more melodramatic hands could have led to Oscar grandstanding. Hunger details the 1981 prison strikes
