Eternal Beauty
By Paul Weissman October 2, 2020
Sally Hawkins, in a remarkable performance, offers a full portrait of an individual with schizophrenia.
Sally Hawkins, in a remarkable performance, offers a full portrait of an individual with schizophrenia.
“You should never smoke weed unless you’re dying or having sex.” How’s that for grandmotherly advice?
A harrowing, deeply affecting story of flawed people in a troubled time, and one of the year’s strongest films thus far.
It’s no triple-word winner, but there’s at least a few worthy double-letters from the performances.
The drama’s greatest strength is that writer/director Anna Kerrigan opts for nuance.
Talia Balsam’s natural, relatable performance anchors the ebb and flow of a drama centered on a marriage unraveling over a summer of discontent.
A rustic, rambunctious, modernist interpretation on the classic Peter Pan stories.
Set in a Rust Belt town in 1983, the romantic/family comedy follows an Italian American family as they prepare to celebrate their yearly Christmas Eve custom.
Director Trey Edward Shults places the viewer firmly in the consciousness of Tyler Williams, a teenage boy from an affluent African American family that seemingly has it all.