Matthias Schoenaerts – FilmFest Salon

Film: “The Mustang”

By filmfestsalonMarch 25, 2019Film Review BlogBruce Dern, Connie Britton, Gideon Adlon, Laura de Clermont-Tonnere, Matthias Schoenaerts

It’s always welcome to catch Matthias Schoenaerts in a film, and his latest, “The Mustang”, affords him one of his better roles. But, while his performance is often strong and charismatic, the film has story and execution problems that lessen the impact. Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnere, from a script by Mona Fastvold, Brock Norman […]

Film: “Cold War”

It seems there are critics who were expecting this film, probably due to its title, to be a serious historical drama, one that exposes the bureaucratic tyranny of the early communist regime in Poland. I think that audiences will be similarly disappointed if they go to it thinking it will illuminate that historical period, which […]