Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre The Mustang is about Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a prison inmate with an anger problem as he develops an interest in working with wrangled mustangs to "break" them so that they can be auctioned off. It's an intimate portrait of the man, reminiscent of recent films like The Rider (2017) and Lean on … Continue reading The Mustang (2019)
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Coming Home (1978)
Directed by Hal Ashby Hal Ashby once worked as an editor under William Wyler, and Coming Home has a lot in common with Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Both are anti-war films concerning the tough readjustment into society for several returning veterans. Ashby's film tells this tale through a romance between Sally Hyde (Jane … Continue reading Coming Home (1978)
Chappaquiddick (2017)
Directed by John Curran Go read the youtube comments under the trailer for Chappaquiddick, it's quite strange and eye-opening, not to the way things are but the disparate narratives people can pull from the same thing. I didn't view this as a movie about politics but rather about power, privilege and little else. The top comments on … Continue reading Chappaquiddick (2017)
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