The Brutalist [2024] – ★★★1/2 If The Pianist (2002) was Paris’s Notre-Dame de Paris, a soulful meditation on human struggle and condition, then The Brutalist is London’s Barbican Centre – empty in everything but performance and concrete image. It is an audacious construction of a film that, like much of modern architecture, is soulless. Directed by Brady…
Tag: American Cinema
“Horizon: An American Saga (Chapter I)” Review
Costner’s sweeping, imperfect saga is an unapologetic return to the roots and conventions of a classic western.
“The Mauritanian” Review
The Mauritanian [2020] – ★★★★ Based on a memoir Guantamano Diary (2015), this film tells the true story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi (played by Tahar Rahim), a man from Mauritania who was arrested on heresy some time after the 9/11 terrorist attack and then spent 14 years (from 2002 to 2016) in the notorious Guantanamo…
Short Reviews: Dark Waters (2019), & Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Dark Waters [2019] – ★★★1/2 Directed by Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven (2002), Carol (2015)) and based on a magazine article that tells of a true story of one corporate lawyer who challenged a multi-billion chemical empire, Dark Waters focuses on Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) who travels to his home-town in West Virginia to discover evidence…
Spotlight on Film 