Natascha McElhone is a wonder in writer-director Valerie Buhagiar’s charming dramedy “Carmen,” a film about a long-overlooked woman who finally comes out of her shell and puts a lifetime of silent observations to use.
Read full articleThe final warm embrace of the people who had previously scorned Carmen wraps the film in a feel-good ending that rewards the viewer’s concern for her general welfare and erases the sting of the repressive and patriarchal customs.
Read full articleIn a movie where the central theme is a divorce from orthodoxy, the writer and director Valerie Buhagiar makes the wise decision to orient her film toward what’s pleasurable rather than what’s logical.
Read full articleStar Natascha McElhone is as beguiling as ever, though the tone of the film is very understated
Read full articleCarmen is a delight. There’s humour and sadness, all piled together into this memorable movie that speaks volumes of how a woman’s life.
Read full articleMcElhone is a delight to watch, able to balance the poignant and comedic elements seamlessly. It's an uplifting celebration of a woman finally finding her voice.
Read full articleCarmen is joyous. Despite its setting in a small Mediterranean town in the 1980s, the film feels like it’s a response to the lifestyle upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read full articleBritell’s score soars, selling much of the deeply eccentric performance and visual style in lush, peculiar fever dream. Fine arts photography meets Malick meets stylized choreography: the world is a dance, we are all observers but we are all also dancers.
Read full articleI choose to overlook its obvious flaws, as I was enjoying how the church was getting pay back for its past indulgences.
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