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The Osage Nation, after being expelled and moved across the country a few times already, without choice, became the richest people per capita in the world when oil was found on their land. And it leads to one of the oldest and most American of stories: the white man’s coveting of anything of value that belongs to people they see as lesser.
Dr. Cheon (Gang Dong-won) has a long history with the supernatural, magic and shamanism, but as of now he’s a huxter that uses his studies in psychology, keen eye and sparkling whit to help those tormented by supposed ghosts. With the help of his “assistant” and technical whiz In-bae (Lee Dong-hwi) creating quite a show so every customer is thoroughly convinced of their abilities. Along comes Yoo-gyong (Esom) with a bit more than just a hunch of a haunting as her sister is in mortal danger. The situation quickly devolves into an all-out battle not only for both Yoo-gyong and her sister’s lives, but for revenge of Cheon’s family lost years ago in a clash with the same supernatural powers.
Dispatches from Sundance: a mixed bag of a modern erotic psychodrama, a revisitation of recent political events, and a herculean performance from one of our great actors.
Set in the old west, a small and somewhat peaceful town sees a stranger walk straight down Main and into the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke) hesitates only a moment before granting a warm greeting to his old friend Silva (Pedro Pascal). The energy between them becomes more intense and while the old friends reminisce, the Sheriff knows there’s more to this reunion than a wish to see each other again after so many years. Emotional and physical chaos brings things to a head, and you wonder if their relationship can survive it.
It’s probably not a coincidence that A Haunting in Venice is my favorite of Kenneth Branagh’s three Agatha Christie/Hercule Poirot movies when it was the only one whose book I hadn’t read prior to seeing the film.
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Ava DuVernay takes on A Whole Lot in attempting to transmute Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s provocative nonfiction book Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents to the screen.
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
