Posts Tagged ‘Sony Pictures Classics’
Film Review – The Son (Second Take)
The Son (2022) is the newest film from director Florian Zeller, whose film The Father (2020) garnered two Oscar wins in 2020. Zeller and Christopher Hampton also returned to write the script based on Zeller’s play. The Son is not a sequel to The Father…
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TIFF Review – Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday (2021), while an odd title, is based on a novel of the same name by Graham Swift. It is centered around the events of Mother’s Day in March 1924 and a maid named Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young). Mothering Sunday (directed by Eva Husson,…
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Film Review – Nine Days (Second Take)
Think back to how many films depict the afterlife or pre-life. Every screenwriter or filmmaker has an idea of what it would be like, whether guided by religion or not. These films bubble over with creativity and some original ideas; some rely on special effects…
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Film Review – The Father
When you think of things that may cripple your mind and body towards the end of your life, what is the thing that scares you the most? Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are at the top of my list. There is something about your body being…
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Film Review – Pain and Glory
Pedro Almodóvar has too much he wants to talk about and that keeps the film from reaching great status, which is a shame because what he wants to discuss is really fascinating. In Pain and Glory Salvador (Antonio Banderas), a stand-in for Pedro Almodóvar, is…
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SIFF Interview – Marc Turtletaub – Puzzle
Spencer interviews director Marc Turtletaub from the drama Puzzle at SIFF 2018.
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Film Review – Puzzle
Puzzle is a deep, emotional character study that takes us on a great journey with a fuzzy ending that doesn’t diminish how we got there. Agnes (Kelly Macdonald) is a long-time housewife in a blue collar family whose life is pretty well defined. She calmly puts up…
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SIFF Interview – Shana Feste – Boundaries
Spencer interviews writer/director Shana Feste from the drama Boundaries at SIFF 2018.
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