Strauss, Bob
Xavier Dolan’s new film, Mommy, which premieres tonight in the main competition at Cannes, is something rather remarkable. At once visually bold and narratively rich, it's the rare arty movie that knows how to tell a real story. Dolan, already a Cannes veteran despite his impossibly young...
Dolan’s latest, “Tom at the Farm” was completed several years ago (before last year’s “Mommy“) and is the first time he has adapted an extant work for the screen. Based on a play written by Michel Marc Bouchard (and Bouchard wrote the adaptation with Dolan), the adaptation appear...
Cinema doesn’t come much more exuberant, musical and raw than French-Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’. It’s the tale of a wild, gurning teen, Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon), an angel face hiding devilish deeds. Steve has severe ADHD, which he heavily medicates, and a love-...
“Mommy” by Xavier Dolan“Clouds of Sils Maria” by Olivier Assayas“Ex Machina” by Alex Garland“Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” by Alex Gibney Resolutions: My resolution is to see more movies (there are a few that may have changed the Top 10 had I been able to...
Director:Xavier Dolan Synopsis:A terminally ill writer returns home after an extended absence to tell his family that he’s dying. What You Need To Know:He won the Jury Prize in 2014 for “Mommy,” his fourth Cannes feature and first in the main competition, and he served on the competit...
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Harkness, Alistair
Cinema doesn’t come much more exuberant, musical and raw than French-Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’. It’s the tale of a wild, gurning teen, Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon), an angel face hiding devilish deeds. Steve has severe ADHD, which he heavily medicates, and a love-...
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