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Dutch Art Haunted in “Schalcken the Painter”
Leslie Megahey’s “Schalcken the Painter,” which the British Film Institute will release on a Region 2 DVD and Blu-ray on November 18, is a celebration of the art of the Dutch Golden Age and a...
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“Nebraska” and the Art of the Reveal
Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” was nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards Tuesday, one short of “12 Years a Slave,” the leading contender. Bob Nelson, who wrote Payne’s road movie, was placed in...
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The Dream Logic of “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Is Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Inside Llewyn Davis” the representation of a nightmare, as were David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive”? Toward the end of the Coens’ depiction of the...
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YEAR IN REVIEW: Graham Fuller’s Top 20 Films of 2013
The most powerful film I saw in 2013 was “The Last of the Unjust,” screened at the New York Film Festival. Directed by the indefatigable Claude Lanzmann, it focuses on his 1975 interview with...
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Tauriel and the Arrows of Desire
Blooding Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly) in “The Desolation of Smaug” – which I’ve reviewed here– was a no-brainer for the makers of “The Hobbit” films. They could scarcely complete part two of the...
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The Romantic Passion of Joan Fontaine
Of all the actresses Alfred Hitchcock put through the mill in stories designed to torment their women protagonists, Joan Fontaine, who died last Sunday at the age of 96, was the most defiantly...
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Kaya Scodelario Shines in “Psycho”-Influenced Thriller
The Anglo-Brazilian actress Kaya Scodelario could pass as The Joker’s daughter or Emma Watson’s evil twin. She has a disarmingly direct gaze, a mouth that turns up at the corners, and a faintly...
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A Troubled Blackfoot Takes the Talking Cure
“Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian” depicts the treatment of Jimmy Picard (Benicio Del Toro), a member of the Blackfoot tribe, by the pioneering ethnologist and psychotherapist Georges...
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Mother Complex: Calin Peter Netzer’s “Child’s Pose”
The character Cornelia in Calin Peter Netzer’s Child’s Pose is a 60-ish Bucharest society matron with an unflinching stare, a dramatically taut posture, and an air of superiority—though she can plead...
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Another Girl, Another Planet: Scarlett Johansson in “Under the Skin”
Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” is that rare thing, a dread-laden sci-fi noir that manages to combine the brooding atmosphere of 19th century Romanticism with the rigorous social realism of Ken...
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