Redemption

Wild is a mildly-satisfying travelogue through one woman’s troubled life that never quite delivers the catharsis it promises. Reese Witherspoon gives a brave, physically-demanding performance, despite her character’s unconvincing psychological transformation. Director Jean-Marc Vallée deftly intertwines our hero’s tragic past with her epic hike along the Pacific coast, but neither informs one another on an emotional level. The result is a beautiful looking film that feels lonelier than a desolate mountain pass.

By just examining the title, L’immortelle appears to be the quintessential Alain Robbe-Grillet film. It’s French, it’s feminine (that is, it’s being used to describe a woman), and it translates to “The Immortal”, a reference to how often the woman appears posthumously thanks to its unique narrative structure. Robbe-Grillet is primarily known as a writer, and primarily known in the film world as having penned Resnais’s equally immortal Last Year at Marienbad just two years before this feature.

Redemption Directed by Steven Knight Written by Steven Knight United Kingdom, 2013 Jason Statham does not talk much in Redemption, but then, he’s at his best when he’s not talking. Statham is a human bullet, a harsh, rough, staccato force of nature at home in the bleak, shadowy alleys of the night than he is …

Boss Season 2, Episode 4: “Redemption” Written by Julie Hébert Directed by Phil Abraham Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on Starz Perhaps there’s no better way to evoke sympathy for a character than to have his newfound sense of good doubted by those closest to him. There’ll be no sympathy without the viewers’ trust in Kane’s motives, though, …