Latest reviews, both about thoughtful films for adults in limited release:
Moon, a science fiction throwback to the philosophical sci-fi of the late 1960s and early 1970s (2001: A Space Odyssey and its ilk), starring Sam Rockwell and directed by first-time filmmaker Duncan Jones. (Yes, he’s the son of David Bowie.)
Summer Hours, French director Olivier Assayas’s extraordinary family-drama meditation on legacy and loss, the meaning of art and the relentless march of time, and the fragmentation of families and erosion of culture in an age of globalization.
Although both films are philosophically freighted, both engage the world of ideas in a way organic to the spare, small-scale stories they have to tell — stories about the personal dilemmas of a small number of characters (in the case of Moon, a very small number). Both well worth tracking down.
Here’s a release schedule for MOON.
Isn’t there a new film coming out about Fatima? Thought I saw a preview on The Hermeneutic of Continuity.