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‘The Lighthouse,’ ‘Pain and Glory,’ ‘Big Little Lies’ and
New Indie
“The Lighthouse” (Lionsgate) is the sort of film that yields new discoveries with each viewing, so why not make this new Blu-ray a part of your everlasting assortment? Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star as keepers of the titular construction, driving themselves and one another insane in a desolate and solitary location. Jarin Blaschke’s Oscar-nominated cinematography provides layers of grotesque delight to writer-director Robert Eggers’ fascinating follow-up to “The Witch.”
Also out there: Inspirational sports activities story “Sprinter” (FilmRise) contains a cameo by Olympic medalist Usain Bolt; Jess Wexler and Adam Pearson play star-crossed co-stars within the uniquely offbeat “Chained for Life” (Kino Lorber); the Helen Hunt thriller “I See You” (Saban/Paramount) premiered at South by Southwest; Tim Heidecker runs for public workplace within the unsettling mockumentary “Mister America” (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
America’s stoner superheroes snooch one final bootch in “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” (Lionsgate); Laurence Fishburne stars as a warden with a grudge within the drama “Imprisoned” (Cinema Libre Studio); Chace Crawford and Kevin Zegers navigate New York nightlife in “Nighthawks” (FilmRise); in “My Name Is Myeisha” (Shout Studios), a younger black girl’s life reaches a turning level in an encounter with the cops.
Watch Video: Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe on Their Very Different Approaches to ‘The Lighthouse’
New Foreign
Two extraordinary movies from one of many world’s best administrators get gorgeous new editions this month on residence video: Pedro Almodóvar’s fascinating and semi-autobiographical “Pain and Glory” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) tells the story of a filmmaker (performed by Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas) at a crossroads, who should work by means of his bodily and religious limitations to interrupt by means of his artistic blockage. In the Academy Award-winning “All About My Mother” (The Criterion Collection) from 1999, a gaggle of girls who’ve skilled loss come collectively and discover energy in each other. Both are completely important for any bodily media library.
Also out there: Armed youngsters roam the streets of Naples on behalf of their made-men bosses in “Piranhas” (Music Box Films); “The Merger” (IndiePix Films) sees a retired athlete and a few refugees turning across the fortunes of a struggling Australian footy staff; a author fights for her place in up to date Chinese society — and for some respectable intercourse — within the feminist dramedy “Send Me to the Clouds” (Cheng Cheng Films); Gael García Bernal plans a Christmas Eve heist within the ’80s-set caper “Museo” (Kino Lorber), from director Alonso Ruiz Palacios.
A fourth-grader and a legendary creature strike up an unlikely friendship within the anime “Summer Days with Coo” (Shout Factory/GKIDS); Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall are “Mrs. Lowry and Son” (Cleopatra Entertainment) on this biopic of British artist L.S. Lowry; Americans don’t get to see numerous South Korean motion pictures concerning the Korean War, however the acclaimed “Battle of Jangsari” (Well Go USA Entertainment), co-starring Megan Fox, is a uncommon exception.
“Britt-Marie Was Here” (Cohen Media Group) stars Pernilla August in a captivating comedy a couple of girl taking up an surprising new profession in her 60s, directed by “Annihilation” co-star Tuva Novotny; a Chinese immigrant in Japan learns about love and meals whereas fearing deportation in “Complicity” (Film Movement); filmmaker Fatih Akin’s “The Golden Glove” (Strand Releasing Home Entertainment) presents a disturbing glimpse at a 1970s serial killer; “Moving Parts” (IndiePix Films) examines human trafficking by means of the eyes of refugees in Trinidad and Tobago.
Also Read: Pedro Almodóvar on the Real-Life Fears and Aches Behind ‘Pain and Glory’
New Docs
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