All articles tagged with #art house
'Anemone' marks Daniel Day-Lewis's return to the big screen after eight years, in a slow, art-house drama directed by his son Ronan. The film features minimal dialogue, heavy monologues, and a focus on themes like trauma and past secrets, but is criticized for being static, pretentious, and lacking emotional engagement, despite some visual talent and a touching family story.
Venice Film Festival, lacking a formal marketplace, serves as a strategic launchpad for prestige and art house films, with notable titles including projects from Oscar Isaac, Amanda Seyfried, and Mads Mikkelsen, focusing on political dramas, documentaries, and star-driven films that aim to generate buzz and attract buyers for future markets.
Vince Staples, the hip-hop star known for his wit, has released a new Netflix sitcom, "The Vince Staples Show," where he plays a fictionalized version of himself navigating day-in-the-life predicaments with a mix of art house and physical comedy. The series, which he also writes and produces, showcases his sardonic delivery and blunt social critique, reflecting his unique perspective that has resonated across multiple mediums. Staples' deliberate drawl and pride in the show's exceptional existence shine through in a recent interview, highlighting his ambitions and success in crossing over from music to television and film.
The Pot-au-Feu, a new French art house food porn film directed by Tràn Anh Hùng, combines culinary marvels with a moving tale of middle-age love. Starring former real-life couple Benoît Magimel and Juliette Binoche, the nearly two-and-a-half-hour drama is filled with highbrow talk of wine pairings, the perfect sauce bourguignonne, and the gastronomic legacy of Auguste Escoffier, and yet remains highly watchable — thanks in part to the food itself. The film's plot, which is rather minimal, hinges on whether Eugénie will eventually say yes to Dodin, and the suspense gradually builds when we learn that she may also be seriously ill.