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“45 Years” is a devastating character study

Too often, filmmakers treat age as a character trait in and of itself. The elderly are depicted rarely in cinema, and, the few times that they are shown, their seniority often dominates their characterization to the point where anything else about them gets occluded. Some notable exceptions are Michael Haneke’s Amour and David Lynch’s The Straight Story, but films such as these are outnumbered by the bland Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films and their ilk. Most frequently, films mark their aged subjects as “old” and show little interest in them beyond that.

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‘45 Years’ Movie Review – A masterful exercise in deconstructing intimacy

45 Years Written by Andrew Haigh Directed by Andrew Haigh UK, 2015 From director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, HBO’s Looking) comes 45 Years, a film framed around the isolating nature of enduring romantic love and how closely we tie our sense of self to an idealized notion of becoming one with a partner. Kate and Geoff Mercer …

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Coens-scripted ‘Gambit’ is a black hole of enjoyment

Gambit Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Directed by Michael Hoffman USA, 2012 This loose remake of a 1966 film of the same name – that starred Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine and Herbert Lom – has had a curiously long journey to the screen for a comedy, spending fourteen years stranded in numerous stages …

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