Willem Dafoe
Review Of Nightmare Alley: Is A Very Strange, Mostly Intriguing Tale Of Vicious Avaricious Nonconformists
Nightmare Alley Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn Directed by Guillermo del Toro Rating: *** ½ “I was born for it,” sobs Bradley Cooper’s Stan Carlisle at the end of what is an exhausting and yet exhilarating 160-minute journey into the heart of darkness.He refers to what was known as the ‘geek’ in the circuses of yore where a man was chained and starved and put on display like an animal in a cage. The geek in Nightma | Click Here...
Review Of The Card Counter: Loses Grip Over Its Powerful Plot
The Card Counter Starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, and Willem Dafoe Written & Directed by Paul Schrader Rating: ** Whenever I think of Paul Schrader I am reminded of his emphatically erotic cinema like Cat People and his classic collaborations with Martin Scorsese. As a director Schrader never impressed me except for his last film First Reformer which was a powerful exploration of faith. One could see the Card Counter, which has been widely appreciated, as a counterpoint to First Reformed. While that film was about f | Click Here...
Review of My Hindu Friend: Is a very strange film
Starring Willem Dafoe, Maria Fernanda Candido Directed by Hector Babenco Rating: **(2 stars) Brazil’s most celebrated filmmaker Hector Babenco passed away in 2016. This film chronicling his last years as he battled cancer and the ensuing self-questionings, originally released in 2015, has now been re-released across the world. I wonder if My Hindu Friend (original title Meu Amigo Hindu) serves any purpose besides reminding us of how tactile, erotic and ruthless Hector Babenco’s cinema was when it came to putting its protagonist for moral-spiritual scrutiny. T | Click Here...