In case you didn’t know, the term for the film’s title came from the area surrounding Auschwitz. The Germans labeled the 15 square miles that bordered the concentration camp the Zone of Interest. It’s the perimeter or boundary between the security monitoring setup and the external network.
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Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a young math and gym teacher, new to this school and new to the job as a whole. What you can tell right away is that she seems to be a bit in over her head.
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C.S. Lewis was the writer of the children’s imaginative series The Chronicles of Narnia. “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in 1950 marked the beginning of the series and the most popular of the set. Fame was also chatting about Christianity during WWII on the BBC. That’s not what this movie is about and the subject isn’t mentioned until the movie’s end in post-script.
The beginning has us in Paris, France. We see a young blonde actress, Madeleine Verdier, played by Nadia Tereszkiewicz, walking out of a beautiful estate after some screaming and indications of a fight. The music by Philippe Rombi is astounding.
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“The Beekeeper” is a movie guaranteed to generate some ‘buzz’. But will this equate to good publicity, or will it ‘bee’ a typical January mediocre movie release? That would depend on how much you like (or at least tolerate) action star Jason Statham. And how much you like explosions, violence, and bloody beatings… Read more
“Night Swim” is a tight, tense little movie that asks a question: If a Wishing Well could grant you a fabulous wish, would you want the results if there was a terrible cost to be paid? What if the ‘Wishing Well’ was in your own backyard? What if it the ‘Well’ was — as Jethro Bodine might say — a ‘Cee-ment Pond’? Read more
Friday, January 5th, exclusively at Harkins Camelview at Scottsdale Fashion Square.
Writer, director, and producer Andrew Haigh (45 Years) has created a moving, tear-jerker of a film, adapted from the novel by Taichi Yamada, that will haunt you as you leave, listening to the beautiful song “The Power of Love” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood blast from the speakers.
George Clooney inspires as a director. Here, more than ever. “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” “Up in the Air,” and “The Tender Bar” are a few of his films. Clooney’s in them, too, because he knows a good story when he sees one and obviously where he best fits. Now, he offers “The Boys in the Boat.” Will it be up for Best Picture? No. But is it worth watching? Without a doubt.
Not knowing too much about the subject matter, wrestling, or not liking the sport, should not keep you from watching this film. It’s an absorbing, often tender film of love and loss, pain and sorrow.
