Iñárritu does his best Terrence Malick impression with
this gorgeous drama filmed largely in the Canadian wilderness, reteaming with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki to deliver more of the same great visuals and signature tracking shots, which amplify the realism of the never - ending suffering that Leonardo DiCaprio's character endures throughout the story.
Iñárritu does his best Terrence Malick impression with
this gorgeous drama filmed largely in the Canadian wilderness, reteaming with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki to deliver more of the same great visuals and signature tracking shots, which amplify the realism of the never - ending suffering that Leonardo DiCaprio's character endures.
Not exact matches
The Florida Project, Sean Baker's new, funny, thoughtful, poignant and beautiful
film is a realist fairy tale, a
gorgeous 35 mm technical experiment, a heartbreaking character
drama and a staggering documentation of the many possible meanings of the word «bitch».
But compare it to other foreign
dramas like Sweden's remarkable «Force Majeure,» set against a
gorgeous mountain landscape, or Argentina's satiric masterpiece «Wild Tales» (which I consider the best
film of 2014), and you'll better see how truly slight this Belgian contribution can be.
Some complained about that at the time — that the
film was
gorgeous but insufficiently developed as human
drama, that characters were cyphers, that the technique was «intolerably artsy» and «artificial.»
One of the better two - character
dramas in recent years, this David Gordon Green
film revealed unexpected sides of stars Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, and used its
gorgeous, often ravaged landscapes for metaphorical effect without making too big a deal of it.
Richard Linklater's coming - of - age
drama is astonishing, a
gorgeous film in flux, blending Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life with John Updike's Rabbit novels.
But it's on the outskirts of town, in the
gorgeous woods of the
film's quasi-spiritual title, where the real
drama happens.
Gorgeous period
dramas, urban thrillers and charming foreign
films all provide a glimpse into how other people live — and can inspire ideas for how you want to live.