Posts Tagged ‘Once’
Film Review – Flora and Son
Ever since his critically acclaimed Once (2007), writer/director John Carney has routinely come back to explore the connective power of music. Whether it’s in Begin Again (2013) or Sing Street (2016), Carney has taken a deliberately sentimental approach in how music can heal, inspire, and draw empathy. He basks so deeply in this…
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Film Review – Band Aid
Marriage can be tough. What starts out as roses and champagne slowly turns into routine, familiarity, and boredom. That’s the true test: how does a couple maintain that feeling of surprise and spontaneity when each person knows everything about the other? If you’re not careful,…
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Film Review – Begin Again
Earnest, sweet, endearing, laconic, engaging; these are all terms that come to mind when describing the delightful new musical Begin Again. A follow up by director John Carney to the astonishingly terrific Once, the new film works as a spiritual sequel. It doesn’t share any…
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