“The Milk and Honey Route” is one of those episodes that plays off the [soap opera] formula, but delivers meaningful scenes that gain importance from the years of work Mad Men has put into these characters.
A peaceful marvel of a drama studying an unraveling marriage on the brink of fading before it even started, Scott Cohen’s Red Knot sets in motion stifling inner conflicts against a beautiful backdrop of Antarctic landscape. Olivia Thirlby and Vincent Kartheiser star in the picture that took home the Fipresci Grand Jury prize at the Seattle International Film Festival. Stunning and grand in scope, the film may be too simplified for big multiplexes yet demand the respect of art houses. Absolutely dazzling to look at, the derailing love story of Peter and Chloe is overshadowed by the impression set forth by the Antarctic. Surely in the wheelhouse of the art photographer, Red Knot will be remembered purely for its cinematography. Like pulling over the side of the road and soaking in a beautiful sight, the road trip itself is unadorned by the landscape it surrounds.
Today’s film is the 2005 short Shakespeare’s Sonnets. The film is written and directed by Samuel Park, and stars Jordan Brower and Vincent Kartheiser. Kartheiser has built a career on supporting turns in projects as varied as TV’s Angel and the film Alpha Dog, before gaining recognition for his role as Pete Campbell in the Emmy-winning …