For a film about decisions, Admission (2013) can’t seem to make up its mind. Is Paul Weitz’s comedy a farce about the Ivy League admissions process, a cringe comedy about one woman’s regimented life unravelling, or a meditation on missed opportunities and unconventional families? Like an over-eager student’s personal essay, the film tries to cram in too […]
Till the stars turn cold: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ (2013)
Stars swirling in the cosmos. A record turning on a turntable. The camera drifts in circles over a woman lying like Millais’ Ophelia amidst a sea of books, and a man in a similar pose, clutching a lute—all set to the screeching vocals and dissonant guitar of Wanda Jackson’s ‘Funnel of Love’. This is director […]