Predatory hawks. Grayish, fog-shrouded milieu…like nuclear winter. 1.37 aspect ratio. “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” Fine but calm down.
One thing stands out — a look of somber self-awareness, a hint of resignation on Denzel’s face.
Visually The Tragedy of Macbeth (shot by Bruno Dulbonnel) reminds me of Peter Brook’s black-and-white King Lear (“noted for its bleak tone and wintry atmosphere“) with Paul Scofield.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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