Daily Archives: March 15, 2024

Movie Review: Father and Son cope with a wife and mother lost to “The Animal Kingdom”

The French thriller “The Animal Kingdom” is set in an alternate reality where humans are starting to transition into animals of various species — snakes and lizards to walruses and birds. The authorities treat this as a contagion that must … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Denueve, Rey, Nero and Buñuel dish up a Spanish parable — “Tristana” (1970)

The peak years for Catherine Deneuve, the great French beauty and darling of the Great Directors of her youth, stretched from Demy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and “The Young Girls of Rochefort” to Polanski’s “Repulsion” through Buñuel’s “Bell de Jour,” … Continue reading

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