Movie review by Greg Carlson Wes Anderson returns to animation with “Isle of Dogs,” a showcase of expectedly eye-popping production design and art direction that partially obscures a pricklier, flintier corner of the world than the one adapted from Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” in 2009. Writing the screenplay from a story credited to himself, […]
All posts for the month March, 2018
You Were Never Really Here
Movie review by Greg Carlson Only Lynne Ramsay knows the details behind her departures on a couple of movies, but we have been fully rewarded by her picky, methodical project choices. With just a trio of previous features, all undeniably brilliant, the Scottish filmmaker delivers an instant cult classic with her fourth, the visceral “You […]
Posted by GBC on March 26, 2018
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David Knudtson (1945-2018)
Reflection by Greg Carlson The death of David Knudtson on March 11, 2018 breaks another of the few remaining links in the chain connecting our community to the legacies of great movie protectors and appreciators like Ted M. Larson, Rusty Casselton, and Hildegarde Usselman Kraus. Unfailingly modest about the instrumental role he played in motion […]
Posted by GBC on March 16, 2018
http://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=3745
Sami Blood
Movie review by Greg Carlson A captivating lead performance by Lene Cecilia Sparrok anchors the stout and handsome “Sami Blood,” winner of the award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2018 Fargo Film Festival. Set principally in the 1930s, director Amanda Kernell’s inaugural feature film identifies fiercely and intimately with Sparrok’s teenage Elle-Marja, who plots […]
Posted by GBC on March 10, 2018
http://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=3741
Seeing Allred
Movie review by Greg Carlson Iconic feminist and women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred is the subject of Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman’s “Seeing Allred,” now on Netflix instant watch following its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. documentary competition. The veteran filmmakers craft an unapologetically worshipful highlight reel of Allred’s life […]
Posted by GBC on March 2, 2018
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