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Flicks with The Film SnobAuthor: Chris Dashiell
Flicks with The Film Snob features a weekly film review focused on new independent releases and old classics. Chris Dashiell knows film, and he knows enough to know whats worth watching and why. Produced in Tucson Arizona at KXCI Community Radio. Genres: Arts, TV & Film, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Sentimental Value
Monday, 8 December, 2025
The premise of Sentimental Value, the new movie by Norwegian director Joachim Trier, has a classic simplicity, similar to some of Ingmar Bergman’s films about families. Two sisters cope with their difficult father when he returns to the scene after the death of their mother. The challenge of dramatizing such dynamics is to make it fresh, to explore new angles of an age-old situation. Trier, and his regular co-screenwriter Eskil Vogt have done that, by infusing the family story with ideas about acting and what it takes for performers to energize their work using the feelings and issues in their…
