Posts filed under 'Seen at the Theater'
THE ATTACK- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “An Arab Israeli physician offers assistance at the scene of a gruesome suicide bombing in Tel Aviv and then learns that the bomber was his own wife. Stunned and furious, he sets out to confront the people who encouraged her deadly decision.”
6/7/13- Only a few reviews so far but they are all excellent. TRDB.
6/21/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
6/30/13- A riveting thriller that according to one critic is about politics, love and betrayal. I can’t agree more. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
June 8th, 2013
HORSES OF GOD (LES CHEVAUX DE DIEU)- 2013. About a group of kids growing up in a shanty town just 5 miles outside of Casablanca.
6/5/13- One reviewer said that this movie was less about terrorism and more about what happens when kids grow up in a toxic atmosphere. I could not agree more. TRDB. At the Arab Film Festival at Jacob Burns Film Center.
Tags: drama, Foreign
June 6th, 2013
BEFORE MIDNIGHT- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Before Midnight is an upcoming American romance drama film and the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004). Like its predecessors, the film was directed by Richard Linklater. As with the previous film, Linklater shares screenplay credit with both actors from the movies, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy”
5/13/13- Uniformly excellent reviews. TRDB.
5/24/13- An excellent review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
6/11/13- An excellent movie that beautifully depicted the tensions that exist between spouses even when they deeply love each other. TRDB.
8/14/14- I just saw this for the 2nd. time and liked it as much as before. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
May 13th, 2013
STORIES WE TELL- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Using a mix of interviews and sly home movies, Sarah Polley creates an intriguing profile of her family, especially her mother, Diane, who died when Polley was 11 years old. In a family of storytellers, does the truth depend on who does the telling?”
4/29/13- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
5/10/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
5/21/13- An interesting documentary about family relationships and specifically what Sarah Polley learned about her family by letting people tell the story. Done in a creative manner- could have been a bit shorter. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
April 30th, 2013
MUD- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Two Mississippi teens, Ellis and Neckbone, meet a mysterious drifter named Mud hiding on a deserted river island and get caught up in his tangled web of tall tales about bounty hunters, crimes of passion, lost love and a perfect woman named Juniper.”
4/19/13- Very good reviews so far. TRDB.
4/26/13- A good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
4/27/13- As far as I’m concerned this movie could have been titled “Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Meet Rambo. What a waste! TRDB.
Tags: drama
April 19th, 2013
42- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “This biopic focuses on the relationship between baseball icon Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey, who signed Robinson and in 1947 made him the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era.”
3/30/13- No reviews as yet but I can’t wait to see this movie. TRDB.
4/12/13- Today’s NY Times gave this movie an OK review basically saying that the movie was good but that it fell into the “hero worship” category. TRDB.
4/19/13- Very disappointed! I really wanted to like this movie but, as written by one critic, it was a superficial historical tribute with very little about the man himself. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama
March 30th, 2013
RENOIR- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1915, elderly painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir is crippled by both loss and arthritis, but when vibrant teenager Andrée brightens his life, he finds new purpose — as does his son Jean, a wounded soldier who is inspired by Andrée’s love of cinema.”
3/18/13- A few early reviews and they are very good. TRDB.
3/29/13- A good review in today’s NY Times emphasizing the visual aspect of the film. TRDB.
4/5/13- I enjoyed the story, the acting and the beautiful photography. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 19th, 2013
GINGER & ROSA- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “With the Cold War looming over them, teen best pals Ginger and Rosa share everything in early 1960s London — until betrayal drives them apart. Sally Potter directs this intimate period drama steeped in the anxieties of the dawning nuclear age.”
3/3/13- Mixed early reviews. TRDB.
3/15/13- Good review in today’s NY Times and from others as well. TRDB.
3/31/13- Despite being slow paced, good acting and some interesting characters made this movie enjoyable. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama
March 3rd, 2013
HAVA NAGILA (THE MOVIE)- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Morphing from Hasidic prayer to party staple, “Hava Nagila” carries with it more than a century of Jewish culture — all of it captured here. Everyone from Harry Belafonte to Leonard Nimoy weighs in on the song as the filmmakers chart its evolution.”
3/1/13- Good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
3/26/13- An interesting documentary with numerous famous talking heads most of whom are not Jewish. Cleverly presented as well with enough humor to keep things light. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
February 14th, 2013
IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN- 2009. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) narrates this straightforward documentary account of the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven, covering all the major highlights from his birth in 1770 through his death in 1827. Writer-director Phil Grabsky skirts around the option of dramatic period reenactments, and instead opts for an impressionistic approach. He builds much of the film around the basic foundational material of interviews and studio performances of the great man’s work by artists including Ronald Brautigam, Emanuel Ax, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Grabsky also offsets Stevenson’s traditional chronicle of Beethoven’s life with letters from the composer, read by David Dawson, that unveil an intense and almost belligerent side to the musical giant, leavened with offbeat humor.”
2/10/13-I saw this documentary at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach and found it very insightful. I thoroughly enjoyed the music and the “talking heads” were very interesting and personal so we really learned about the man and the music. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
February 11th, 2013
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