Tag Archives: Matthias Schoenaerts
TIFF17 – Day Six: Seasonal Change
The tides of the festival started to recede a day earlier this year. I started more attention to the shift …
Choices Are Anything But Simple in ‘Dheepan’
Choice often seems such a simple matter-of-fact thing. Back in 1991, the Hip Hop group Black Sheep summed it up …
Ralph Fiennes Makes a Surprisingly Big ‘Splash’
QUIETLY INTENSE PERFORMER OUTSHINES THE BRIGHT SPOTLIGHT By T.T. Stern-Enzi There is a delicious thrill in watching a completely dialed-in …
Not So Far From Modern Sensibilities
Not So Far From Modern Sensibilities
The Twin Core of ‘Rust and Bone’
JACQUES AUDIARD UNCOVERS WOUNDED SOULS IN HARSH CONDITIONS By T.T. Stern-Enzi Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) epitomizes what we – Westernized, sheltered, middle-class …
Jacques Audiard’s New Drama Uncovers Wounded Souls in Harsh Conditions
Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) epitomizes what we, Westernized, sheltered middle-class citizens, imagine when someone references brutes, bruisers or brutish behavior. Hip-Hop …