
An eight-year-old boy and his aunt, a screenwriter, spend a summer at her late grandfather's house. Through his diary, the two discover about his past during war.
Unrelentingly funny, highly entertaining, and ridiculously absurd, My Movie Starring Paul Dano is, according to its creator, Joe Bartone, a tribute to the willful ignorance of independent filmmaking found in the late '70s in New York City. Developed through open discussions with the cast at the reading table, the mockumentary follows a delusional and fame-starved indie director, Herman Rumowicz, through the process of making his very first feature movie starring Paul Dano.
Adam Sandler goes hard as an NBA scout in this male-heavy sports-drama.
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.
From its visually stunning opening credits, which show women dancing through a forest to musical rhythms that sound almost primal, to its quiet, heartbreaking final frame, Mona Fastvold’s historical rendering of the Shaker religious movement is an experience that will stay with me for a long time.
Soul takes intangible concepts like self and personality and makes them completely palpable and simple to digest.