Some movies push the envelope, while other movies tear up the envelope, put it through a shredder, and do so without worrying about how they will be perceived by the mainstream.
Read more‘The Painted Bird’: A Shocking, Empty and Self-Important Holocaust Movie [Review]
Movies about World War II can be brutal, especially if they are set in rural-ravaged Eastern Europe and have a child protagonist rummaging through the chaos. There’s always been something about that time and setting that exudes total and utter dread. The most well-known examples would be “Come and See,” and Tarkovsky’s “Ivan’s Childhood” which set the bar quite high.
Read more‘The Nightingale' Is A Self-Indulgent Mess [IFFBoston/Review]
“The Nightingale,” director Jennifer Kent’s sophomore effort, following “The Babadook,” desperately wants to be delve into the white man’s history of violence, particularly towards women.
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