Into a time when audiences are being bombarded with thinkfree technology or jiggled to death by indie indifference comes Brooklyn, a three Kleenex (boxes), straight-forwardly emotional little period melodrama about a timid (though not for long) young Irish immigrant (Saoirse Ronan) finding her way through 1950s New York. There are …
The title refers to a painting, but the subtitle —The Story of a Stolen Life — has to do with protagonist Theodore Decker, a child (and later in the film, a young man) whose development is arrested by the death of his mother in an explosion. And by his father’s …
Multi-character Irish stew, heavy on the working-class and criminal-class elements. It boasts, if that's the word, an antsy camera, an anemic image, a gaudy narrative, impenetrable accents, and across-the-board competent performances (Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Cillian Murphy, Shirley Henderson). Kelly Macdonald supplements competence with comeliness. Directed by John Crowley.
Retirement-home pablum about the warming relationship between an inquisitive eleven-year-old (interested in ghosts, interested in “what happens”) and the old crank, formerly The Amazing Clarence, who takes over the boy’s room. Vibrant color photography by Rob Hardy, and a vibrant performance by Michael Caine, perhaps too vibrant for the role. …
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together. From director John Crowley and starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together. From director John Crowley and starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.