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Terrence Malick and the Making of America
Now that Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life––––a film that earned both heckling and the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year––––is almost out of theaters and more firmly a part of the controversial auteur’s cannon, I feel prompted to reexamine Malick’s career and his ideas about American life.
‘Poetry, a film by Lee Chang-dong | Drama | 2010
SYNOPSIS: Mija (veteran actress Yun Jung-hee) is a beautiful woman in her sixties who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a trivial daily routine that is ill-suited to her refined persona…