REVIEW: The Lost Daughter [2021]

Children are a crushing responsibility. Leda (Olivia Colman) has obviously been looking forward to her working vacation on a Greek island. She cannot stop smiling upon arrival. It’s not long after, however, that the prospect of a quiet few weeks taking notes for the next year’s course load or current research takes a turn for the worse. Enter a loud, entitled extended family every local knows by name and reputation. The noise distracts Leda from her work. The disruptive attitudes born from the privilege of being feared ruins her ability…

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REVIEW: Spencer [2021]

Where am I? The magic has long since disappeared where it comes to Prince Charles (Jack Farthing) and Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) at the time director Pablo LarraĆ­n and screenwriter Steven Knight have set their “fable inspired by a true tragedy” entitled Spencer. It’s Christmas weekend and everyone already knows an end of some sort is near. Will there be a divorce? Will there be a scandal? Will there simply be scowling faces resigned to the fact that there will never be an escape from this joyless union that cannot…

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TIFF14 REVIEW: The Riot Club [2014]

“People like us don’t make mistakes” Iā€™ll bet Laura Wadeā€™s 2010 play Posh is something special to see on stage. A fictionalized take on Oxford Universityā€™s exclusive Bullingdon Clubā€”sons of wealthy Brits who attended the best boarding/prep schools before following in their patriarchyā€™s footsteps to enjoy vandalizing college rooms as an initiation ploy and restaurants as part of their yearly evening of hedonistic excessā€”itā€™s debaucherous centerpiece of a banquet has to be an invigorating experience live. I say this because its depiction in Lone Scherfigā€™s film The Riot Club (adapted…

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