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...ever a film worked with the slow precision of a pressure cooker, it is Wolf Creek. For its first half hour or so, the film proceeds leisurely, almost blithely, as it follows the journey across the Outback of three young backpackers from the beaches of Broome, Western Australia, to the meteorite site of Wolfe Creek, with its kilometer-wide crater and ghostly landscape. When the backpackers' watches mysteriously stop, as does their car's engine, we could be back in the moody territory of Picnic at Hanging Rock, especially when the star of that film, John Jarratt, shows...
...impeded, however, by a medical condition critically debilitating his arms. After a visit from a mystical guru, the boy realizes his true calling—as a master of the art of the air guitar. Under his sage’s tutelage, he participates in a sweetly sincere journey of self-discovery that is a mixture of the comic and earnest overtones found in “Rocky” and “The Karate...
...line [for what I’m doing after graduation] is “the journey,” which makes people want to punch me in the face. Really, I have no idea. I had thought about acting, but it’s so chancy that I’m not sure. It’ll definitely be something in the arts, probably television—it’s what I was weaned on, so I imagine I may fall into that, but we’ll see, something that’s artistically enriching and what...
...Humanité,” a shy, unassertive boy-next-door (Emmanuel Schotté) investigates a rape and murder case while struggling with his feelings for his neighbor (Sèverine Caneele). “Twentynine Palms” traces a couple’s footsteps as they journey through the American Southwest. Heavily laden with both: intriguing storylines and intense portrayals of sex, violence, and tension, Dumont’s films have won top awards at film festivals as well as made their mark on cinematic history...
...check out director Marc Foster’s (“Finding Neverland”) mentally twisting movie “Stay.” “Stay,” starring the oh-so-lovable Ewan McGregor, traces psychologist Dr. Sam Foster’s (McGregor) journey through discovering the truth about his disturbingly troubled and clairvoyant patient, Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling). The narrative leapfrogs back and forth in time without explanation, which is highly confusing; after awhile, the audience will give up trying to follow the unduly intricate storyline and instead stare fixedly at the bright yellow...