[ arts & entertainment ]
✚ Going Once, Gone <<< continued from page 22
The threat of looming maturity is staved off. “God” in the title is not merely idiomatic.) In bowler hats and berets, Emily Browning looks like a twee-pop Jeanne Moreau, but the movie’s nearly stolen out from under her by best friend Hannah Murray, whose amiable gangliness is so genuine I was surprised to find out she was an experienced actress. Belle and Sebastian fans, of course, need no urging to see it, but it’s also recommended for anyone who’s ever wished screen musicals had followed in Jacques Demy’s footsteps rather than Bob Fosse’s. By the time Sundance was over, Kat Candler’s Hellion ran a distant second for movies about families dealing with the loss of a parent (sadly, no sign of The Babadook in the PFS Showcase). But it’s a fine, if not enormously inventive drama, held down by Aaron Paul’s soulful turn as a grieving father and especially by newcomer Josh Wiggins as his teenage son, whose hurt and anger steer him to increasingly dangerous places. Movies about sullen, traumatized teens aren’t rare, but Candler is exceptionally good at keeping track of the child inside the not-quite-man, including a deliriously on-point scene where Wiggins gorges himself on whipped cream, cranks up the Metallica and bounces on the furniture, the threat of looming maturity staved off for a few restorative minutes. In addition to the new movies — Obvious Child, The One I Love and Wetlands are among those coming to town with above-average buzz — PFS has slated a complete retrospective of Alfonso Cuaron’s films, with most being shown on 35 mm, including the 2-D version of Gravity. For those who are only familiar with his blockbuster work, early movies like Y Tu Mama Tambien and the misunderstood Great Expectations are essential. At this point, it’s safer to assume that every 35 mm screening is the last time around, so it’s worth making these showings a priority and waiting for the newer films’ return engagements. (s_adams@citypaper.net) ✚ Fri.-Thu., April 11-17, $13 per screening, PFS
Theater at the Roxy, 2023 Sansom St., 267-6399508, filmadelphia.org/springshowcase. C I T Y PA P E R . N E T | A P R I L 1 0 - A P R I L 1 6 , 2 0 1 4 | P H I L A D E L P H I A C I T Y PA P E R |
25