A couple wanders the fever-dream-like interior of an apartment. The woman’s body is there, but her mind is far away, bewitched by the memory of a love affair. It’s a love story with a haunting. It’s maybe even a ghost story.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is the most human movie of the year. It is based on the 2010 short of the same name that follows a big-hearted, little shell named Marcel as he navigates through life in a human-sized world.
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
One of THE most frustrating trends in the mainstream film industry over the last several decades has been the onset of comedy efforts that seem SO focused on being crude and/or gross-out in all ways possible. That, at least for me, makes them no longer funny.
This animated Christmas movie is based on the classic novel of the same name.
The documentary depicts the indigenous people of Mexico with sublime reverence, highlighting a generational harmony with the land.
The clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, and she'll do anything to fit in.
