Sight & Sound [UK] (January 2016)
Language: English
Pages: 116
ISBN: B00FLCIEDC
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The best films of 2015 as voted for by 168 critics and the year in review, Alejandro González Iñarritu on The Revenant and Nora Ephron, queen of the romcom. Plus Guy Maddin, Terence Davies, Raoul Peck, Haile Gerima, Cecile Emeke and much more…
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between the novel’s text, the museum’s exhibits and the various genuine locations in which Pamuk’s fictional characters lived, loved and prematurely died. February 2016 | Sight&Sound | 61 FILMS OF THE MONTH (through Ayla) claims that Güler’s work is so familiar to Istanbul natives of his generation that it feeds into and occasionally blurs their own first-hand memories (a recurring theme sees Ayla contrasting present-day Istanbul with her recollections of the 1970s). Güler’s own memories are
mom’. Copious alcohol, pot brownies and a DJ transform the initially dull party into a teen-style rager. High-school nemesis Brinda is denied access and pours blue paint in the pool. James and Maura flirt in the attic, falling through the joists on to her bed. James is injured when hot-wax foreplay results in him falling on to a music box. The house is trashed as the revellers become increasingly rowdy. Kate gets drunk; she discovers that Hayley has secretly been staying with Maura. A giant
the present, Arlo is the runt son of a rural family of long-necked dinosaurs. He’s timid and terrified of everything. His father Henry encourages him to trap and kill a pest that’s been stealing their food. The pest turns out to be a feral human boy with the mannerisms of a dog. When Arlo fails to catch him, Henry angrily pursues the boy down the riverbank, dragging Arlo in tow. However, a flash flood catches them both and Henry perishes saving Arlo. Later, Arlo finds the cave-boy stealing food again
parodied along the way. Clad in a garish wool sweater adorned with a Star of David – an endearingly tacky emblem of Jewishness in a Christmas movie – Rogen flails his way through The Night Before with slapstick purpose. His character, Isaac, is about to become a father, and his wife Betsy (Jillian Bell) has thoughtfully gifted him with a small box of hard drugs as a thank-you for his steadfast emotional support over the course of her pregnancy (“I went on Craigslist,” she explains sweetly). The
before a royal audience. Ballinger, who with his mane of white hair brushed back even looks a little like Servillo, is provided with a sardonic companion in the form of his old friend Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel), an American movie director. The chemistry between Caine and Keitel is constantly diverting to watch, whether they’re talking about a girl they both once fancied and may or may not have bedded, or comparing notes on their current urinary prowess. (“Did you take a piss today?” Fred asks