By: CineMuseFilms Jim Jarmusch films can be challenging and Paterson (2016) is no exception. Audiences who are accustomed to plot or character-driven stories will find themselves grappling instead with a mood in search of a reason. Without a genre label to help, we must work through an exploratory essay into the ordinariness of human existence elevated occasionally by the creative impulse to write poetry. If it sounds cerebral, then it’s a Jarmusch film.
As far as introductions go, the opening seconds to Jackie are just about perfect. Director Pablo LarraÃn’s beautiful shot composition shows us this will not be a typical biopic. Mica Levi’s bone chilling score immediately informs the audience the type of beautiful tragedy we are about to go through. Lastly, Natalie Portman’s first sentence in the film cues us into a performance that, while historically accurate, is immediately captivating as we watch a woman come...
Based on a series of short stories by author Maile Maloy, Certain Women follows the lives of three women who live in Montana: A lawyer, played by Laura Dern, who has a rocky bond with one of her clients, a married woman named Gina, played by Michelle Williams, who plans to build a house from the ground up with her husband, and a ranch hand named Jamie, played by Lily Gladstone, who falls for a law school...
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS DRAMA Its November and the Autumn season has started to settle in. The leaves are turning and / or falling, Pumpkins are being thrown away and Halloween decorations are being taking down. And yet, despite that the fact that Thanksgiving is right around the corner, the holiday season of Christmas has started to pop up. From retail stores to radio stations to your neighbor’s houses, Christmas comes early as the seasonal...
BIG PEFORMANCE, SAME OLD HART Over the past couple of years, comedian / actor Kevin Hart has become a staple in mainstream media, producing laughs with his loud, absurdity, and cartoon-style humor. While he’s recently taken the center stage of feature films, including the Ride Along movies, Get Hard, The Wedding Ringer, and Central Intelligence, Hart has always been a part of the stand-up comedy routine. Comedy specials feature like Kevin Hart: Let Me...
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