Review: “Toni Erdmann”

“Toni Erdmann” – “To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides Winfried (Peter Simonischek) is a piano teacher.  With a rumpled wardrobe and a full mop of silver hair, this 60-something gives lessons in his home and plays the black and white keys for recitals at a local school.  During [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:05:08-07:00January 27th, 2017|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Review: “Neruda”

“Neruda” – How do you make a film about a complex, iconic and larger-than-life figure and successfully illustrate him or her into an effective and satisfying two-hour film experience?  The short answer is: not very easily.  Director Pablo Larrain, however, has marvelously accomplished this feat twice within the last year. Larrain, who is from Chile, [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:05:10-07:00January 20th, 2017|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments