Film: ‘The Gatekeepers’
Universal themes of human emotion and suffering that transcend the politics of the Middle East(Photo courtesy of New York Film Festival) “The Gatekeepers,” a documentary film by Dror Moreh complicates...
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The drama of a conflicted heart: Yochay (Yiftach Klein) with Shira (Hadas Yaron)(Photo courtesy of New York Film Festival) Eighteen-year-old Shira Mendelman hopes for the same thing as other women her...
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A bleak Cold-War landscape: Barbara (Nina Hoss) and André (Ronald Zehrfeld)(Photo courtesy of New York Film Festival) There’s not an ounce of fat on “Barbara,” Christian Petzold’s precisely paced Cold...
View ArticleReflections in a Teardrop
In his film, Cuarón creates a woman reborn, a character fundamentally transformed(Photo courtesy of FreeStockPhotos) MIDWAY THROUGH THE FILM “Gravity,” one scene confirms that you’re watching a...
View ArticleLanterns Lighting the Way
Ryan Lott, aka Son Lux: A pulsating journey to “leave the wasting world behind us”(Photo by Tim Navis) SON LUX, THE MUSICAL MONIKER of Ryan Lott, is a classically-trained musician and composer known...
View ArticleCaptivating Immorality in ‘Gone Girl’
Affleck and Pike play partners in a toxic marriage (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Merrick Morton) WE SEE A CLOSE-UP of a sleeping woman’s blond head and hear a gentle voice-over from her off-camera...
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