“‘The Hand of God,’ The Eyes of a Boy”

It’s a hand, but made into a fist, but with a single digit raised, and guess which one? Continue reading →

“Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Loro’ Is The Perfect Film For Our Lying Times”

A movie where a woman does a series of cartwheels in one scene, then smash cuts to her landing on a guy’s crotch in a totally different scene. Also a movie about Silvio Berlusconi. Now THAT’S Italian! Continue reading →

Review: Youth, 2015, dir. Paolo Sorrentino

“Don’t let the title of Paolo Sorrentino’s new film fool you: he’s playing coy.Youth is not about young people at all, but rather a pair of sad old wrinklies who sit around at a spa mourning the loss of their youth, as well as the divisions between parents and their children, the death of the … Continue reading →