Steven Rea's movie picks
Bully Never mind the hoo-ha over the MPAA ratings, that’s beside the point. The point is that bullying isn’t being addressed adequately by teachers, administrators or parents, and the kids profiled in this powerful documentary clearly suffer for it. A compelling piece of advocacy filmmaking, with heartbreaking stories, and real-life heroes, too. PG-13 The Deep Blue Sea Shot in a gauze of melancholy, Terence Davies’ crushing adaptation of the 1952 Terrence Rattigan play is a meditation on self-destruction and desire, with Rachel Weisz as the London magistrate’s wife who tosses her life away for a lover she knows won’t love her back. Deep, dark and powerful. R
Bully Never mind the hoo-ha over the MPAA ratings, that's beside the point. The point is that bullying isn't being addressed adequately by teachers, administrators or parents, and the kids profiled in this powerful documentary clearly suffer for it. A compelling piece of advocacy filmmaking, with heartbreaking stories, and real-life heroes, too. PG-13
The Deep Blue Sea Shot in a gauze of melancholy, Terence Davies' crushing adaptation of the 1952 Terrence Rattigan play is a meditation on self-destruction and desire, with Rachel Weisz as the London magistrate's wife who tosses her life away for a lover she knows won't love her back. Deep, dark and powerful. R
Footnote The rivalry between father-and-son Talmudic scholars spins into a moral and ethical whirlwind when one is honored with a huge prize, in this brilliant tragicomedy from Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar. Nominated for the foreign language Academy Award. PG