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‘Ultrasound’ Review: Trapped in a Dark Mystery

[ad_1] One of the appeals of contemporary puzzle films—with their ambiguities and labyrinths, unreliable narrators, and thickets of storytelling—is that their complexity is in turn deceptive and confusing, but also familiar. Life takes some navigating, and so are Christopher Nolan movies; just like in the Wachowskis’ “The Matrix” series, capitalism is dehumanizing. The stories can …

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‘Sundown’ Review: Trapped in Shallow Waters in Acapulco

[ad_1] Acapulco’s picturesque beauty and terrifying desperation converge in writer-director Michel Franco’s psychological thriller “Sundown.” Here, Franco reunites with Tim Roth, who plays Neil Bennett, heir to the UK meatpacking fortune who is on vacation with his sister Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and family. Cinematographer Yves Cape presents a steady stream of wide shots and abstract-leaning …

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Back to Freedom After Being Trapped in Closed Space for Nearly A Year

[ad_1] TORONTO — Ted Freeman-Atwood, 90, rolled out of his tall brick nursing home in his wheelchair, dressed in a blue tweed jacket with a white handkerchief up from his breast pocket. “This is the furthest I’ve traveled since last year,” he told the manager of his favorite restaurant two blocks away, who greeted him …

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