Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. “I want to choose my words carefully, but it can feel a little thin I think sometimes, when something is about mimicry. Adèle Haenel in the movie “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” (Lilies Films)‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’AdvertisementAmong the most ecstatically received films of the year, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is getting a limited one-week qualifying run now before returning to more theaters for Valentine’s Day. Notions of looking and representation are crucial to the film, as Sciamma detailed. Strickland referred to the film as a “retail nightmare,” adding, “I didn’t want to make a fashion film or an anti-consumerist film.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 06, 2019 19:07 UTC