Recommended Much like director Neil Blomkamp’s debut film, District 9 (2009), sophomore effort Elysium (2013) is anything but an exercise in subtlety. Both present a sci-fi facade that masks heavy undercurrents of timeless social and political commentary, including class warfare and the threat of oppressive authority. But unlike its bug-minded older brother, Elysium trades in apartheid for …
Rent It Dateline! 1980. Rumors have started making the rounds about some sort of accident at the nuclear power plant down the way.
Recommended TheShow: In Japan, the government funded Young Animator Training Project grantsmoney to companies for the express purpose of passing on animationexpertise to the next generation through on-the-job training withnovice animators working with more experienced talent.
Recommended The Movie: A couple weeks ago, my girlfriend emailed me a link about a Finnish word, “my t h pe .” The website she linked to defined the word as “the feeling of shame you experience on behalf of another person or a character when they do something stupid or embarassing.” She sent me this because I frequently suffer from my t h pe when watching TV and movies.
Rent It As evidenced by its title, Touchy Feely aims for emotion on an intimate level. The healing touch (or lack of it) is the name’s basic pun, but this drama / comedy focuses on a cast of characters who are holding their feelings back, afraid of the emotional contact two people can share. It sounds like prime material for director / writer Lynn Shelton: her last film, Your Sister’s Sister …