Andrew Bujalski set the rules for the ultimate pandemic film: No one could be in the same location. That wound up including the cinematographer and director.
Category: Movies
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‘She Said’ Filmmakers and Weinstein Victims: An Emotional Collaboration
Though the drama avoids showing assaults or even much of the producer, a survivor likened reliving the experience to “watching your own car crash.”
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The Charming Star With Soulful Eyes Happens to Be a Donkey
The “EO” filmmakers wanted to tell their story via a silent animal but felt dogs or cats were clichéd. Their choice turned out to be anything but stubborn.
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Anton Filatov, Ukrainian Film Critic, Drafted Into Real-Life War
Anton Filatov was pulled into a theater he never expected or wanted to enter: the front lines of war, where he now writes movingly of the scene in the trenches instead of what’s on the screen.
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‘Disenchanted’ Review: Middlingly Ever After
Amy Adams reprises her role as Giselle in this cluttered sequel.
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‘EO’ Review: Imagining the Lives of Other Creatures
The titular character of this fantastic adventure is no Disneyfied, cutesy creature. The director Jerzy Skolimowski emphasizes his animality and un-knowableness.
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‘Slumberland’ Review: A Land of No Enchantment
This ostensible family entertainment stars Marlow Barkley and Jason Momoa, and is directed with the delicacy of a flying mallet.
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‘The People We Hate at the Wedding’ Review: Drunk People With Secrets
A star-studded cast led by Allison Janney adds luster to this breezy family comedy.
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‘The Wonder’ Review: The Hungry Woman
In this period drama, Florence Pugh plays a British nurse hired to observe an Irish girl who’s said not to have eaten in four months.
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Cancer, My Husband’s Doctor, and Catherine Deneuve
Watching his oncologist onscreen, I finally saw our lives more fully.