Tag: Holly Hunter
Home for the Holidays Presaged the Rise of the “Chosen Family”
The more that time goes by, the more 1995’s Home for the Holidays asserts itself as a standout in the scantly populated genre of Thanksgiving [Read More…]
Attempting to Center A Movie Plot Around New Technology: Little Black Book
Director Nick Hurran’s predilection for centering his films around “futuristic” concepts, from virtual reality in 1999’s Virtual Sexuality to “themed funerals” in 2002’s Plots With [Read More…]
Lovesickness Overcomes Muslim Mores in The Big Sick
It has been said that love conquers all. But this was a platitude created before “intermixing”–religiously or ethnically–was deemed an offense seemingly greater than murder [Read More…]
Song to Song (Person to Person)
By now, anyone willing to take whatever filmic journey Terrence Malick has in store for them is pretty committed. And those that genuinely value his [Read More…]
