CHI-RAQ (2015)
Spike Lee’s film which he also wrote based on LYSISTRATA by Aristophanes is both interesting and at times a bit self important in it’s approach to the modern day problem of gun violence while being based on an ancient Greek tale. I certainly give him credit and most of the time he succeeds in his story telling abetted by an excellent group of actors, many of whom are schooled in Shakespearean drama. A cast led by Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, an excellent Jennifer Hudson (who
YOUTH (2015)
This very interesting and entertaining film directed and written by Paolo Sorrentino, stars Michael Caine as a famous composer/conductor and Harvey Keitel as an equally famous film director who as best friends reflect on the meaning of their lives while vacationing at a high end spa in the Swiss Alps. It tells the perpetual and constant struggle of living which encompasses life, death, age, youth, sorrow and joy.
This is a lovely and quiet film with exquisite performances