Fleeting moments rushing into the unforgivable vortex of time, all of which would be lost forever if not for the presence of a camera, comprise Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s “Tendaberry,” a ravishingly lyrical portrait of both a single young life and a centuries-old locale converging in the present. These timelines collapse in Anderson’s debut feature, which flies with a formally unbound spirit, as fragments of lifetimes buried in photos and videos come together by way of idea association rather than strictly linear parameters. The one clear marker of a forward chronology are the title cards that announce the changing seasons.
Commanding this choreographed medley of swirling imagery is headstrong Dakota (Kota Johan), a 20-something Afro-Latina singer-songwriter living in Brooklyn, New York. Sultry moments of loving domesticity, of spontaneous sex, and comfortable silences with her Ukrainian boyfriend Yuri (Yuri Pleskun) fill the first chapter. But when Yuri’s father has...
Commanding this choreographed medley of swirling imagery is headstrong Dakota (Kota Johan), a 20-something Afro-Latina singer-songwriter living in Brooklyn, New York. Sultry moments of loving domesticity, of spontaneous sex, and comfortable silences with her Ukrainian boyfriend Yuri (Yuri Pleskun) fill the first chapter. But when Yuri’s father has...
- 1/30/2024
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Variety Film + TV
Chosen by Variety as one of 10 Euro Directors to Watch at 2013’s Karlovy Vary’ with her debut “Eat Sleep Die,” a Venice Critics Week winner, Sweden’s Gabriela Pichler confirmed her unique voice with her sophomore pic “Amateurs”, voted best Nordic film at the 2018 Göteborg Film Festival. At this year’s 47th festival, she makes her comeback with “Painkiller,” her first foray into long-form scripted format, co-written with her life partner Johan Lundborg, who also serves as Dp and editor.
The six-part series is a feisty socially-anchored comedy, which delves into complex mother-daughter dynamics and gentrification in Göteborg, driving class divides.
As explained by the writing duo, the starting point for the story was Pichler’s personal experience of juggling between her work as a celebrated rising Swedish filmmaker, and the reality of her own mother’s struggle with chronic pain.
In “Painkiller,” the adult daughter Andrea is a celebrated avant-garde artist,...
The six-part series is a feisty socially-anchored comedy, which delves into complex mother-daughter dynamics and gentrification in Göteborg, driving class divides.
As explained by the writing duo, the starting point for the story was Pichler’s personal experience of juggling between her work as a celebrated rising Swedish filmmaker, and the reality of her own mother’s struggle with chronic pain.
In “Painkiller,” the adult daughter Andrea is a celebrated avant-garde artist,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has made Bruce Banner/The Hulk into just one more of the Avengers. His most recent MCU appearances, "Avengers: Endgame" and "She-Hulk," have ditched the man and monster dichotomy altogether; the Hulk is now just a green and buff Bruce.
For all his personal faults, Joss Whedon was the last writer/director to explore the Hulk's tragedy in his two "Avengers" films. The nascent team's climactic argument in "The Avengers," when Banner silences the room by revealing he "got low, so he put a bullet in [his] mouth, and the other guy spit it out" has real dramatic gravitas.
However, the MCU has altogether elided where that tragedy begins. In the comics, Dr. Bruce Banner was already a troubled man before the gamma bomb explosion that changed his life. Banner's father Brian was a nuclear psychist convinced his own radiation exposure turned his son into a monster.
For all his personal faults, Joss Whedon was the last writer/director to explore the Hulk's tragedy in his two "Avengers" films. The nascent team's climactic argument in "The Avengers," when Banner silences the room by revealing he "got low, so he put a bullet in [his] mouth, and the other guy spit it out" has real dramatic gravitas.
However, the MCU has altogether elided where that tragedy begins. In the comics, Dr. Bruce Banner was already a troubled man before the gamma bomb explosion that changed his life. Banner's father Brian was a nuclear psychist convinced his own radiation exposure turned his son into a monster.
- 1/13/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Seal and his family are making a very rare red carpet appearance!
The 60-year-old “Kiss from a Rose” singer stepped out for the premiere of The Book of Clarence on Friday (January 5) held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
Seal posed for photos on the red carpet with his four kids – daughters Leni, 19, and Lou, 13, along with sons Henry, 18, and Johan, 16. Seal‘s girlfriend Laura Strayer was also in attendance.
Keep reading to find out more…
Seal and his family attended the premiere of The Book of Clarence to support his brother Jeymes Samuel, who directed the movie.
Seal officially adopted Leni in 2009, four years after marrying her mother, his ex-wife Heidi Klum. During their marriage, Seal and Heidi, 50, welcomed Henry, Johan, and Lou. Their divorce was finalized in 2014.
In an interview from a few years ago, Seal opened up about the “challenges” of co-parenting.
The 60-year-old “Kiss from a Rose” singer stepped out for the premiere of The Book of Clarence on Friday (January 5) held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
Seal posed for photos on the red carpet with his four kids – daughters Leni, 19, and Lou, 13, along with sons Henry, 18, and Johan, 16. Seal‘s girlfriend Laura Strayer was also in attendance.
Keep reading to find out more…
Seal and his family attended the premiere of The Book of Clarence to support his brother Jeymes Samuel, who directed the movie.
Seal officially adopted Leni in 2009, four years after marrying her mother, his ex-wife Heidi Klum. During their marriage, Seal and Heidi, 50, welcomed Henry, Johan, and Lou. Their divorce was finalized in 2014.
In an interview from a few years ago, Seal opened up about the “challenges” of co-parenting.
- 1/12/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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