CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT.
((CHRISTIE)) ((AARON)) TWO
CHALLENGING INDEPENDENT FILMS
ARE AT THE ART THEATER THIS
WEEKEND. HERE TO TELL US ABOUT
THE NIGHTINGALE AND LUCE ARE
FILM CRITICS CHUCK KOPLINSKI
AND PAM POWELL.
The Nightingale (Starts
Friday) Set in 1825, Clare
(Aisling Franciosi), a young
Irish convict woman, chases a
British officer (Sam Claflin)
through the rugged Tasmanian
wilderness, bent on revenge
for a terrible act of violence
he committed against her
family. On the way, she
enlists the services of an
Aboriginal tracker named Billy
(Baykali Ganambarr), who is
also marked by trauma from his
own violence- filled past.
Brutal and stark, this film
pulls no punches in the
violence it displays or in
examining the psychological
effects of it on its victims.
Not for the faint-hearted,
this is a primal scream that
not easily forgettable. 3 ½
Stars (Chuck Koplinski) Rated
R. 136 minutes. ART.
Luce (Starts Friday) A married
couple (Tim Roth & Naomi
Watts) is forced to reckon
with their idealized image of
their son (Kelvin Harrison
Jr.), adopted from war-torn
Eritrea, after an alarming
discovery by a devoted high
school teacher (Octavia
Spencer) threatens his status
as an all-star student. Timely
and challenging, this look at
modern racism is an ambitious
film that approaches the issue
from a variety of perspectives
and offers no easy solutions.
Thought- provoking and well-
acted, this is a movie that
sticks with you long after the
end credits roll. 3 ½ Stars
(Chuck Koplinski) Rated R. 109
minutes. ART.