…directing her, and lighting her. Plan 75 is a humanist, unsentimental ensemble drama centered around 78-year-old Michi (a fantastic Chieko Baisho). When the film begins, she’s gainfully employed, living independently,…
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…she holds memories in her hands. After a long negotiation with her parents over her desire to make a film reflecting on her two older brothers’ deaths, her father presents…
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…from the chopped-up bodies of their peers. Instead, Rose sinks her teeth into her father, and Iris joins her. Together, they quickly overpower their physically weakened father. They tear chunks…
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…her father, Ira Sachs, a gregarious, womanising businessman. Now, three decades later, she’s finally finished making Film About a Father Who, a sprawling chronicle of her father’s life, and the…
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…the crowd, we see her psyching herself up to get on stage, building up to the high of showtime. Von Horn shows us Sylwia putting on her makeup, which immediately…
What Happened, Miss Simone? is all about the passion
…her for her ability to tickle the ivories to provide entertainment. That relationship with her music never really changed throughout her career. Music was a source of anguish, but also…