Elle Fanning
The story of the underdog will always be a crowd-pleaser. An unknown phoenix yearning to…
In Teen Spirit, Violet (Elle Fanning) enters a local singing competition with the help of an unlikely mentor that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.
I Think We’re Alone Now is a beautiful slow burn drama with a beautifully eerie atmosphere and striking performances from Dinklage and Fanning, ruined by an unruly mess of a third act.
In I Think We’re Alone Now, the apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse — until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.
Haifaa al-Mansour’s Mary Shelley, helped along greatly by Elle Fanning’s powerful performance, will summon up all of one’s righteous feminist anger and make one appreciate the accomplishments of Mary and those like her all the more.
Despite some promising moments, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall never quite reaches the level of its ambition, ultimately fading in the background amongst more prominent films about the art of writing.
The feminist undertones, stunning performances,cinematography and costuming more than make up for The Beguiled’s shallow story line.
Live by Night is the next directorial effort from Ben Affleck, in which he also stars/writes/produces; it is another indicator of his talent.
20th Century Women is a remarkable character study of women in the 1970s, but it falls just shy of greatness due to its lack of plot.
There is offense to be taken with the frame and exterior of physical bodies. Beauty, it has been said, is in the eye of the beholder. Yet, one can’t help but feel that, since the rise of feminism and the development of the male-gaze interpretation, almost all appreciation for the aesthetics of a given film has been entirely lost.