Wednesday, November 14, 2018

The Lord Giveth, This Time

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Not a week has gone by since it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this past spring where I haven't checked to see if the movie called To Dust, starring Matthew Broderick and Géza Röhrig (from Son of Saul), has gotten any release news. It was my favorite thing that I saw at the fest (and Tribeca had a lot of great stuff this year, stuff like Disobedience for one) -- To Dust, which is about a Hasidic man coping with the death of his wife, is a spiritual cinematic anomaly, a religious appreciation of atheism; you can read my full review right here. But here's a choice bit:

"There's a strong absurdist Coen streak to the proceedings sometimes - the sight of a Hasid dragging a pig corpse through the woods has the feel of somebody having gotten stoned and binged Miller's Crossing & A Serious Man back-to-back and then dreamed it up on a belly full of Taco Bell. But [director Shawn] Snyder never tips over into counterfeit, copy for copy's sake - To Dust remains true to its own unique and graceful voice through and through."

Well as you can see up top the movie has a poster and it has a release date, all coming via Entertainment Weekly -- To Dust is dropping on February 8th, and I suggest you clear your calendars. I personally have spent the last several months dying to see it a second time, so I'll clear mine too! We'll make a thing of it! Oh and the movie has a trailer as well...
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2 comments:

Larry said...

Looks great, I put it on my calendar. Thanks!

Larry said...

....and it's February 8th....;-)