Films about famous painters have always proven a challenge for filmmakers to connect with audiences. Julian Schnabel doesn’t speak English well, so there was an even greater challenge for the director working with his American and European actors. However, he used that alienated feeling in the film as one of many techniques to portray Vincent […]
Director Kenneth Branagh (“Thor”) has procured the leading role of famous literary inspector Hercule Poirot for himself. A former television film based on Agatha Christie’s most popular mystery novel, “Murder on the Orient Express,” gets the big screen treatment with a cast as long as the train. There are ensembles where the cast works as
I hesitate to call filmmaker Sean Baker a director. An observer, would describe what he does better. Following Tangerine, the i-phone shot, transsexual indie hit, comes his latest, The Florida Project. Shot on a more traditional camera, the concept of observation remains the same. Outside of Oscar nominated Willem Dafoe (The Great Wall, John Wick),
There is a wall in this film but it isn’t portrayed as anything great. In fact, the title of the film falsely suggests the wall as the focal point. It’s a fantasy epic which uses legend to explain the implementation of China’s famous five-thousand-mile-long wall. While The Great Wall is the most expensive Chinese film
There should never be any confusion about which films are by Wes Anderson. He is an auteur in every meaning of the word, as he has carved out a specific niche for his own distinctive creativity. Like a painter who reinvented brush strokes or a vocal artist with a special sound, Wes Anderson’s films are