Set over one summer, the film follows precocious 6-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.
Director:
Sean Baker
Stars:
Brooklynn Prince,
Bria Vinaite,
Willem Dafoe
Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Director:
Richard Linklater
Stars:
Bryan Cranston,
Laurence Fishburne,
Steve Carell
Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.
Director:
Dan Gilroy
Stars:
Denzel Washington,
Colin Farrell,
Carmen Ejogo
In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.
Director:
Luca Guadagnino
Stars:
Armie Hammer,
Timothée Chalamet,
Michael Stuhlbarg
When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Director:
Yorgos Lanthimos
Stars:
Nicole Kidman,
Colin Farrell,
Alicia Silverstone
A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Using a trove of unseen footage, the film tells the story of Jane Goodall's early explorations, focusing on her groundbreaking field work, her relationship with cameraman and husband Hugo van Lawick, and the chimpanzees that she studied.
Christina "Lady Bird" MacPherson is a high school senior from the "wrong side of the tracks." She longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity, but finds none of that in her Sacramento Catholic high school. LADY BIRD follows the title character's senior year in high school, including her first romance, her participation in the school play, and most importantly, her applying for college. Written by
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The lead character is named Christine after Greta Gerwig's mother, Christine Gerwig. In addition, the mother in the film, Marion (played by Laurie Metcalf), is a nurse, just as Christine is in real life. See more »
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When Lady Bird's parents pull up to the curb at the airport, a United sign is visible bearing the company's current globe logo, which it inherited from its merger with Continental Airlines. The scene takes place in summer 2003, but the United/Continental merger re-branding was not completed until 2012. See more »
Greta Gerwig's directorial debut is a very funny and entertaining film
about a rebellious young woman who is a senior at a Catholic high
school in Sacramento. She wants to attend college on the East Coast,
preferably in New York City. I have always been a fan of Gerwig and her
work, and I can say that her filmmaking skills are incredibly strong
here as far as directorial debuts go. The screenplay is full of wit and
emotion. While the film is very light in tone, the characterizations
present through the narrative as well as the film's juxtaposition of
its main events pertaining to Lady Bird's (the nickname of the
protagonist) final year in high school give the script considerable
weight and power.
Saorise Ronan gives a hearty and very authentic performance in the lead
role, and the supporting cast is generally very strong. The film's tone
feels playful but also enjoyably sassy and thoughtful. As a result, the
film feels far more potent than just about anything in the
teenage/coming-of-age genre. While the film's pacing in its final scene
feels slightly awkward given its contrast of pace with the rest of the
narrative, the film feels fully satisfying in its entirety despite
running a lean 93 minutes. Additionally, some of the plot devices that
help form the narrative and plot line of the film feel rather
predictable. However, that ends up being only a minor complaint because
the humor, heart and bite of the writing helps drown out any sense of
clichés that a viewer might feel. Overall, I thought this was a great
and very funny coming-of-age comedy that I had a lot of fun watching. I
look forward to seeing what Greta Gerwig does next with her undeniable
talent. Definitely recommended. 8.5/10
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Greta Gerwig's directorial debut is a very funny and entertaining film about a rebellious young woman who is a senior at a Catholic high school in Sacramento. She wants to attend college on the East Coast, preferably in New York City. I have always been a fan of Gerwig and her work, and I can say that her filmmaking skills are incredibly strong here as far as directorial debuts go. The screenplay is full of wit and emotion. While the film is very light in tone, the characterizations present through the narrative as well as the film's juxtaposition of its main events pertaining to Lady Bird's (the nickname of the protagonist) final year in high school give the script considerable weight and power.
Saorise Ronan gives a hearty and very authentic performance in the lead role, and the supporting cast is generally very strong. The film's tone feels playful but also enjoyably sassy and thoughtful. As a result, the film feels far more potent than just about anything in the teenage/coming-of-age genre. While the film's pacing in its final scene feels slightly awkward given its contrast of pace with the rest of the narrative, the film feels fully satisfying in its entirety despite running a lean 93 minutes. Additionally, some of the plot devices that help form the narrative and plot line of the film feel rather predictable. However, that ends up being only a minor complaint because the humor, heart and bite of the writing helps drown out any sense of clichés that a viewer might feel. Overall, I thought this was a great and very funny coming-of-age comedy that I had a lot of fun watching. I look forward to seeing what Greta Gerwig does next with her undeniable talent. Definitely recommended. 8.5/10