![]() Frustrating, tragic, but also illuminating - the author of several prayer books (including the first book ever published by a Queen under her own name), Parr was a woman centuries before her time, and she paid for it. ![]() Mostly set across a small stretch of time where Henry runs off to do some warmongering and Parr momentarily takes over the throne, becoming the Regent in his absence, there are lessons here that fall into the pro and the anti camp for Elizabeth, behaviorally speaking, and she's always lurking in the background soaking them up.īut this is very much Katherine's story. Narrated by the Princess and Queen-to-be Elizabeth (a watchful Junia Rees), Firebrand is also framed, like Young Bess was, as the story of how that iconic future monarch - one who's never fallen into the short-on-biopics camp - would learn from Parr how to manage being both a woman and a leader at once. save one screening here in NYC that I was fortunate enough to be at, is also a masterpiece and god I want to see it again.) Starring Alicia Vikander at her most quietly determined as Parr and an almost unrecognizably disgusting Jude Law as her husband the King, Firebrand finally gives Parr her due, while also giving Vikander a fine role suited to her quiet strengths. (Also as a sidenote: Aïnouz's 2011 film The Silver Cliff, which has never gotten any kind of release here in the U.S. Have a happy 4th, y'all! And even more importantly - Happy 11 to Magic Mike!Įnter Firebrand, the lush and lavish and darkly devastating new period piece from Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, who in 2019 gave us one of the great films of the new millennium with Invisible Life (one of my favorite films of that year). So come back and visit over the break for these and perhaps other surprises! Or per usual keep your eyes on my social media accounts - it's not like I'll be off of those for longer than five seconds. That's a lotta goddamned writing y'all and I ready for that goddamned couch.īut like I did just say - I will be updating the site a little bit over the break not just that coming piece (heh I said "coming piece") but there's our annual July 4th ridiculousness as well, which will land on (you guessed it) July 4th. ![]() PLUS I have a big piece that has not been not published yet which I will update the site with a link to over the break. Oh and I answered the question of which role of Harrison Ford's was the hottest right here. I put in the work this past week though - I reviewed the new Indiana Jones ( here), I reviewed the new Jennifer Lawrence ( here), I reviewed the new Rock Hudson bio-pic ( here), I reviewed the new Wes Anderson ( here), and I reviewed a forthcoming Jude Law ( here). Well it's that time! What time? Time for me to head off to places unknown (read: my couch) for five straight days. ![]()
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