Daily Archives: August 5, 2018

Preview, Women come into their own in pre-feminist Australia in “Ladies in Black”

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Roger Moore

It’s Sydney 1959 in this Bruce Beresford film of the Madeleine St. John novel, and the various “department store women” face differing futures, but futures constricted by the “No girl’a MOYN is goin’ t’UNIVERSITY” times, and Australia’s lingering provincial reputation … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The chill of an Icelandic summer hangs over “The Swan”

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Roger Moore

  A troubled child finds her life’s purpose, if not necessarily solace, spending the summer on a relative’s farm in “The Swan,” a disquieting coming-of-age drama from Iceland. Icelandic filmmaker Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir uses images, melancholy reveries and the voice-over narration … Continue reading →

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