Lion is a 2016 drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature debut) and written by Luke Davies, based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose. A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many… Continue Reading
Gloria is a 2013 Chilean-Spanish drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio. Gloria (Paulina García) is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her grown son and daughter have their own lives. She meets Rodolfo (Sergio Hernández), a senior who, like her, is seeking companionship, but he cannot give up… Continue Reading
He just lost his job. She just got dumped. These two strangers meet at a bus stop right when they needed each other the most. In an impromptu attempt to cheer each other up they go on an tour of… Continue Reading
Hotel Chevalier is a 2007 American-French short film written and directed by Wes Anderson and released in 2007. Starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman as former lovers who reunite in a Paris hotel room, the 13-minute film acts as a prologue to Anderson’s 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited. It was shot on location in… Continue Reading
La grande bellezza (The great beauty in the english version) is a 2013 Italian film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. The film opens with a quote from Céline’s Journey to the End of the Night: “To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination… Continue Reading