Even more than the Birdman, another entity
hovers over the film — the spirit of Robert Altman.
Directing with an even more restless energy than he showed in Kings and Queen, Desplechin sketches out a family tragedy, the untimely death of a first - born, that precedes the story by decades and then only overtly references it a few times, even as the shadow of that death
hovers over the film: in the cancer that family matron Junon (Catherine Deneuve) has been diagnosed with, in the fragility of her teenage grandson Paul (Emile Berling), and in the odd sibling dynamics that have caused eldest daughter Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) to, in effect, legally separate herself from her brother Ivan (Mathieu Amalric, in a mesmerizingly manic - depressive performance).
Not exact matches
Mild controversy
hovers over the new
film by Alex Garland, the novelist - turned - screenwriter - turned - director.
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold's 2002 bestseller about a murdered 14 - year - old who
hovers in metaphysical limbo
over her grieving family, was once to have been
filmed by the Scottish director Lynne Ramsay.
Even if the
film feels like an extended setup, the final moments unharness a subtle power: This is a town that can not escape its past, and a dark cloud will
hover over it for years to come.
The shadow of Harvey Weinstein, the
film producer who has been accused of rape and sexual harassment by scores of women, still
hovers over Hollywood and global
film industry.
The
film, which has just come out on Blu - Ray DVD after an opening in select locations last September, is a thoroughly New York story, the skyline of the world's most exciting city captured by Ryszard Lenczewki's lenses which at times
hover over Manhattan's tall buildings and, in one extended shot, captures the flight of a commercial airline.
In the
film's post-credits scene, Bucky awakens in a hut with three young locals
hovering over him.
I had fully intended on turning my unit into a fireball and then dousing it with water from my garden hose but the Polar Vortex that
hovered over Ohio for the last few months have left me unable to either stand outside long enough to
film this or have an unfrozen method of putting out the fire.