the here’s no question to me that celine song is the master of dialogue right now. waving poetic is her best skill. so many moments throughout the movie where i felt this was the “you had me at hello,” but then changed my mind, and changed it again (the dinner convo about material being cheap vs. intangible might be it, one or several two-shot conversations that is framed mesmerizingly to me). i’m just not sure it holds its consistency all…

eunice paiva is unflinching when asked if it is time for her country to move on, to stop worrying about fixing the problems of the past as she, 25 years later, only just gets her government to itted have killed her husband. no, she says, because brazil cannot move on until it rights the wrongs it has committed. it is a lesson the united states has not learned and has gotten away with…for now. 

fernanda torres is a powerhouse. how…

coming out of the intermission i was like hell yeah. coming out of the theatre i’m a bit more like, hmm. what’s clear is this: you’re watching a novel about the american experience come to life. all of our most base themes are in here. brody, jones, and pearce give their everything. this is how you score, light, and color a movie. i never wanted to see how something came together — like literally physically is built together — more…