Unhealed Wound – Page 25 – Passion for Art, Movies, and Culture

“Red Dot”(2021)– Laser Focused

Written by Diana Paul on May 17, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Red Dot”(2021)– Laser Focused

Trying to put more excitement into their marriage, Nadja and David, a young doctor and engineer, decide to go on a camping trip in a remote forest in Sweden, fantasizing that it will be romantic, gazing at the Northern Lights with their adorable dog. The impending “excitement” is not exactly what they bargained for, however. Stalked by an unseen enemy, they become the targets of a hellish nightmare. Red Dot is an intense psychological thriller. In a reversal of gender roles, frequently seen in Nordic Noir, Nadja is not in need of saving. A very competent...

“Palmer” (2021)–Second Chances

Written by Diana Paul on May 9, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Palmer” (2021)–Second Chances

In this little sleeper of a movie, Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) is released from prison after serving twelve years for attempted murder in a robbery gone wrong. With nowhere to live but at his beloved grandmother’s (June Squibb of Nebraska), Palmer soon is forced to reexamine his life and, in the process of learning to accept his past, finds ways of expressing his feelings. A bullied young non-binary child, Sam (Ryder Allen), lives with his drug addicted mother, Shelly (Juno Temple), in a trailer on the grandmother’s property. ...

“Ammonite”–Two Women Shedding Their Shell

Written by Diana Paul on May 3, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Ammonite”–Two Women Shedding Their Shell

This highly original biopic of a little-known woman scientist highlights the obscurity in which women of renown nevertheless hid in plain sight. Ammonite, set in the coastal village of Lyme Regis, in 1840s England, chronicles the intense relationship between the acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter and paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) and a young affluent woman, Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan). Their friendship transforms both of their lives. Charlotte Murchison visits Mary Anning’s fossil shop with her dilettante husband, Roderick (James...

“Behind Her Eyes”–For All To See

Written by Diana Paul on April 25, 2021. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. No Comments on “Behind Her Eyes”–For All To See

Behind Her Eyes, based on Sarah Pinborough’s best-selling novel of the same name, tells the story of Adele and her husband David, a renowned psychiatrist specializing in drug addiction. The couple live an ostensibly perfect life in an exclusive London suburb. The beautiful Adele Ferguson (Eve Hewson) was recently a patient in a mental institution where her husband was the presiding psychiatrist. Upon release she marries the handsome doctor. While a patient, Adele becomes best friends with a gay working-class Glasgow junkie, Rob (Robert Aramayo) who seems...

“The Mauritanian”–Guantanamo Diary

Written by Diana Paul on April 19, 2021. Posted in Unhealed Wound. No Comments on “The Mauritanian”–Guantanamo Diary

Based upon the NYT best-selling memoir, Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Salahi, we see the endurance of a young Mauritanian, Mohamedou Slahi (played by Tahar Rahim, The Prophet). He is being held in Guantanamo Bay after 9/11. The legal drama The Mauritanian demonstrates the lawyer’s duty to represent a client, regardless of doubt in his innocence, and whether winning at all costs is what a justice system should condone. Attorney Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster in her Golden Globe winning performance) and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley) are committed to defending...

“The Father”–A Patriarch’s Decline

Written by Diana Paul on April 12, 2021. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “The Father”–A Patriarch’s Decline

The Father is a devastating, disquieting journey into the horrors of dementia, both for the afflicted and for those who are close to the afflicted. Artfully helmed by French playwright Florian Zeller in his directorial debut, Zeller invites the viewer into a breathtaking and wrenching look at advancing dementia through both the individual frightened by what is happening and to the no-less-terrified family and caregivers. Watching a loved one die is always harrowing, but dementia makes it especially so, as the patient not only slips away mentally, but lashes...