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Evoking the teasing style of Italian authors such as Italo Calvino or Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Martel leads his reader on a chase through a house of mirrors. “Beatrice and Virgil” is slyly autobiographical and self-referential. It begins by telling the story of an...
What’s left is a carefully composed narrative that’s difficult to follow on first listen but much clarified by the album’s liner notes, which read like a script. Byrne moves his heroine from impoverished, frustrated young love on “The...
While all the relationships of the family fit together naturally, the peripheral presence of Ronnie’s rebel friend Blaze stands at odds with everything else that is occurring in the plot. Introduced as Ronnie’s first female friend, their quick bonding suggests that Blaze will be...
Although this film makes a valiant attempt to depict a moving story of the strength of family bonds, “The Last Song” overshoots the emotional factor by miles. By shying away from the darker tone required of the subject matter, the film is nothing but inert...
Despite its slight basis on a mythological story, the film borrows heavily from other recent movies of the fantasy adventure genre. Io (Gemma Arterton), the mystical advisor and lover of the movie’s protagonist, is—in both characterization and appearance—greatly reminiscent...