In a day and age when so many movies would rather aim so low as to hit nothing than bite off more than they can chew, the grandiosity of Cianfrance’s film is commendable, writes Mike DiStefano '16.
The task of adapting a novel to the film screen is always a difficult one. But it is especially difficult when that novel is On The Road, Allison Vitkauskas '14 writes.
Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa is, at its core, an exploration of the doldrums which pervaded pre-Beatlemania England at the height of the nuclear scare. It is a film steeped in melancholia and muted gray tones. This is not the optimal fare for those seeking an uplift at the movies.