the beautiful 2021 British film ‘Nowhere Special’ finally gets a US theatrical release
A good reason to sign up for either my Substack or my Patreon, to get a heads-up in situations like this…
James Norton
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Plus an angry Jane Austen–esque romance, childhood witchcraft, and more. (First published August 19th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Nowhere Special movie review: a father’s final bittersweet task
Beautiful and heartbreaking. A beguiling portrait of love, grief, and pragmatism that unites father and son, built up via tender moments of the most ordinary sort. James Norton’s performance is revelatory.
Flatliners movie review: DOA
The reboot no one asked for of a movie no one much remembers has landed… and it’s dead on arrival, with nothing new to say and no new way to say it.
Bonobo movie review: of monkeys and (wo)men
A gentle, poignant comedy about getting out of your comfort zone, one that smashes the tropes of microbudget films with its wildly original story.
Belle movie review: untold stories
Wonderful true story about a mixed-race woman raised in aristocratic late-18th-century England; like the best Jane Austen romance with a social conscience.
