Posts Tagged ‘Sundance Selects’
Film Review – Phoenix
After seeing Phoenix, I always think of the film as being in black and white (it is not), with only little details in color: the red dress, a shade of lipstick, the husband’s eyes. Comparisons to Vertigo aside, the film is more of a companion…
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Film Review – Two Days, One Night
Two Days, One Night, from directors Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, is about one woman’s weekend quest to save her job. Sandra (Marion Cotillard) works at a solar panel company and is currently out on sick leave. She finds out on a Friday that her coworkers…
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Film Review – The Blue Room
A mundane mystery, The Blue Room tries to be more exciting with quick edits and a long wait for the reveal. Julien (Mathieu Amalric), a successful agriculture businessman, is having an affair with the local pharmacist’s wife, Esther (Stéphanie Cléau). When we start, we see…
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Film Review – Venus in Fur
Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur (2013) tells the story of an actress auditioning for a part in a stage production of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novel “Venus in Furs”. A quick internet search tells me the book centers around a character – Severin – who’s so…
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Film Review – Finding Vivian Maier
Finding Vivian Maier is a portrait of a woman nobody really knew but who had a gift that inspired many. Vivian Maier was a nanny who was also a great photographer who kept all her work secret. During her life, many people saw her taking…
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SIFF Film Interview – Alison Klayman – Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Spencer interviews writer/director/producer Alison Klayman from the documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry at SIFF 2012. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and YouTube. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here.
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