The Shape of Water [2017] – ★★★★1/2 “Words lie, but looks don’t…When you fall in love, you fall in love, absolutely, all at once, all-in. It’s a miracle” (Guillermo del Toro). “Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles…
Tag: Alexandre Desplat
30 Most Hauntingly Beautiful Film Scores
Mainly instrumental and in no particular order: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – R. Eldelman/T. Jones – “Promontory” Schindler’s List (1993) – John Williams – Main Theme The Village (2004) – James Newton Howard – “The Gravel Road” The Piano (1993) – Michael Nyman – “The Heart Asks Pleasure First” Blood Diamond (2006) –…
“The Painted Veil” Review
The Painted Veil [2006] – ★★★★1/2 “Lift not the painted veil which those who liveCall Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,And it but mimic all we would believeWith colours idly spread….” (Percy Bysshe Shelley) The Painted Veil is a moving romantic drama set in China in 1925, and based on Somerset Maugham’s critically acclaimed…
Spotlight on Film 