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13 Nov

In Priscilla, Sofia Coppola tells a story that’s frighteningly

In Priscilla, Sofia Coppola tells a story that’s frighteningly
A charismatic man, a woman in love, an age gap and an influence differential: Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla biopic is sympathetic and cautionary in regards to the appeals of losing oneself within the arms of a person, writes Christina Newland Sofia Coppola has long excelled in externalising a specific type of girlhood angst in a way that detractors of her work have called superficial. This very pretty type of suffocation may be a part of the purpose – we regularly relish within the very things which will trap us in the long run – and it is vitally much the thesis of her latest film, Priscilla. An elliptical, poetic exploration borrowing from the memoirs...
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2 Nov

Talking Screens, November 3-9, 2023: Beguiled by Sofia Coppola’s

Talking Screens, November 3-9, 2023: Beguiled by Sofia Coppola’s
“Priscilla”Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, November 3-9, 2023Latest reviews include “Priscilla,” “Divinity,” “Quiz Lady,” “The Persian Version” and “Fingernails.” Repertory & Revival highlights include “Cooley High,” “Strange Days,” 1923 silent “The Vibrant Shawl,” David Lynch’s dazzling dud “Dune,” “Dazed And Confused,” a Chicago Filmmakers anniversary salute to the pioneering film festival Blacklight, and Wakefield Poole’s “Take One.”The twenty-ninth Black Harvest Film Festival takes over the Siskel Film Center November 3-16. “Revolutionary Visions” is the 2023 theme; the whole calendar is here. (Our interview with Black Harvest festival coordinator-curator Nick Leffel and curator Jada-Amina is here.)The Children’s International Film Festival marks its fortieth yr at FACETS, featuring recent animation, live-action and documentary movies for audiences ages two to eighteen...
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1 Sep

Sofia Coppola: what will we learn from her latest

Sofia Coppola: what will we learn from her latest
Spanning the length of her profession thus far, Sofia Coppola: Archive offers a rare insight into the filmmaker’s creative practice – here, we share a few of the essential takeaways The name Sofia Coppola has turn into synonymous with a certain aesthetic: think soft pastels, waifish white blondes in prairie dresses, and Hollywood cool undercut with an unbothered elegance. From her 1999 debut The Virgin Suicides through to the forthcoming Priscilla, she’s arguably one in all the few nepo babies that has greater than earned their very own seat on the table, creating a definite body of labor that reflects our global obsession with youth, beauty, celebrity and power. Considering the visual strength...
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