As the enigmatic cinema purist Mathias (Corentin Fila) is fixated upon, A Paris Education itself aims to be an ideal film about life and beauty and what is true. “Manufactured scenarios” and identifiable artifice is supposedly off the table, yet this viewer found one major character development after another to be literally predictable.
A Subtly Charged Nail-biting Work of Social Lamp-lighting
DIRECTED BY XAVIER LEGRAND/FRENCH/2018 (U.S. Theatrical Release)
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: OCTOBER 3...
A Complicated Response to a Complicated Awards Contender
DIRECTOR: PETER FARRELLY/2018
At this point in awards season—I’m sorry, Awards Season—it’s d...
Ethan Hawke Leads One of the Best Films of the Year
DIRECTOR: PAUL SCHRADER/2018
In college, I suffered from an acute depression. I’m not sure if tha...
DIRECTED BY: MIMI LEDER/2018
Daniel Stiepleman, who was the screenwriter for the new Ruth Bader Ginsburg-based film, On the Basis of Sex, had a unique p...
WOAH, who saw that Golden Globes show last weekend? I think I need another advil.
Happy 2019! Zekefilm contributors have already done a fabulous job sharing...
The Best of a Bleak Year
Confession time: I dragged my feet writing my Best Of list this year. The reasons are threefold:
This is one of my favorite ...
