Directed by Asghar Farhadi Everybody Knows takes a kidnapping and turns it into a melodrama. That may sound facetious, but it's an effective, tense family drama that plays out like something Shakespearean. There's a wedding in a small, idyllic Spanish town that brings together a large family and their orbit of friends. The two most … Continue reading Everybody Knows (2018)
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Mother! (2017)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky In Mother! an idyllic countryside home is descended upon by unwelcome outsiders. Inside the home live a man and a woman (Javier Bardem, Jennifer Lawrence), a happy young (when you average their ages) couple. He is a poet struggling with writer's block, and she is the one putting the once decrepit house … Continue reading Mother! (2017)
