Dyrholm, who won the 2016 Berlin Fest best actress for Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune, is very well cast as the older fading star, a woman who had lost not only her looks but also her interest in singing—and living.
Harveygate: Weinstein Arrested by N.Y. Police and Charged with Rape and Other Acts
May 25, 2018 by
Actress Asia Argento, who accused Weinstein of rape, tweeted throughout the morning as Weinstein surrendered to police in NYC. “Glued to the screen,” she wrote as she live-tweeted his walk. “What took you so long Harvey?”
Dogman: Italian Director Matteo (Gomorrah) Garrone’s Return to Form
May 24, 2018 by
Dogman, the Italian film that world premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Fest, is second-tier feature from Matteo Garrone, not as powerful as his splashy 2008 debut, Comorrah (still his best work), but one or two notches above Reality and first English-language feature, Tale of Tales.
BlacKkKlansman: Thirteen Reasons Why–Spike Lee’s Movie Should be Strong Contender for the Best Picture Oscar
May 21, 2018 by
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman–13 Reasons Why It Is Oscar-Caliber Movie
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Rafiki, Lesbian Romance from Kenyan Director Wanuri Kahiu
May 11, 2018 by
Kenyan writer-director Wanuri Kahiu’s Rafiki, a lesbian romance between two teenager, is rather conventional from a narrative point of view, but it’s the particular context—working class Nairobi, Africa—that makes the movie more than honorable panel to the growing literature of LGBTQ stories.
