‘Invisible Life’ Review: An Unabashed, Affecting Brazilian Melodrama

Posted on Thursday, December 26th, 2019 by Marshall Shaffer

Invisible Life Review

There came a point early on in Karim Aïnouz’s drama of separated sisters, Invisible Life, where I wondered if the way he depicted a scene veered a little too sharply into the melodramatic and borderline hysterical. Then I remembered how the poster billed the film: a tropical melodrama. Once I reset my bearings a bit, I found the narrative quite engrossing and the story rather moving.

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This Week In Trailers: Three Christs, Joe Pera Talks With You Season 2, Invisible Life, Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show, Redoubt

Posted on Saturday, November 30th, 2019 by Christopher Stipp

Fewer trailers

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?

This week we go hunting, wonder if Richard Gere really is God, mellow out with Joe Pera, celebrate sketch comedy, and attempt to reunite with our long lost sibling.

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