Tag: Amelie
“The Legend of a Man-Fish”: The Shape of Water at Last Finds The Creature From the Black Lagoon Vindicated
“Time is but a river flowing from our past.” This is the first “thought of the day” we’re confronted with as mute cleaning woman Elisa [Read More…]
Jeune Femme: “I was everything to him, and now I’m nothing.”
It’s been an exceptional year for female film debuts (Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird at the forefront). And Léonor Serraille’s Jeune Femme (alternately called Montparnasse Bienvenue) is [Read More…]
Patti Cake$: An Ode to Dream Preservation
“You’re a culture vulture… stick to making drinks, white girl.” So it is that 23-year-old Patricia “Dumbo” Dombrowski’s (Danielle Macdonald) rap idol, O-Z (Sahr Ngaujah), [Read More…]
The Prodigious Jean-Pierre Jeunet & His Careful Pulling At Our Heartstrings in The Young & Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the most meticulous filmmakers alive today. This is perhaps why he is considered prodigious rather than prolific. After all, his [Read More…]
