If your knowledge of Easter Island is limited to its imposing Moai statues—the centuries-old stone figures that draw thousands of tourists to the small island in the Pacific Ocean every year—a film like Eating Up Easter will prove to be an interesting (and clearly quite personal) exploration of the ...
Archives for April 25, 2020
Review: Thousand Pieces of Gold
We're all using our time in self-isolation differently. For me, it's a lot of watching films that—until a global pandemic had me home 24/7—were blindspots in my viewing history (or as the Tribune's Michael Phillips calls it, the Overdue Film Festival). I recently delighted in an eight-film series of ...
Review: Someone, Somewhere
French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch's latest film is a clever, original romance wherein the two leads, clearly meant to be together, are too busy living their lives as neighbors who never cross paths to ever find time to actually fall in love. Edited with a witty sense of humor that keeps us rooting ...