Planetarium

Natalie Portman helps commune with the dead (or does she?) in the muddled Planetarium.

2739d ago

Little is left after a while until, finally, Planetarium doesn’t conclude so much as come to an end, and the lasting impression is one of bitterness — a bitterness at once sweetened and worsened by memories of the genuinely great work it had promised and, at turns, even embodied.

2739d ago

Little is left after a while until, finally, Planetarium doesn’t conclude so much as come to an end, and the lasting impression is one of bitterness — a bitterness at once sweetened and worsened by memories of the genuinely great work it had promised and, at turns, even embodied.

2739d ago

To her credit, Zlotowski’s film does capture the lulling feeling of a séance, but there’s a gossamer-thin thread between the mysterious and the mystifying and perhaps her delicately ephemeral film just doesn’t know how to recognize the difference.

2739d ago

To her credit, Zlotowski’s film does capture the lulling feeling of a séance, but there’s a gossamer-thin thread between the mysterious and the mystifying and perhaps her delicately ephemeral film just doesn’t know how to recognize the difference.

2739d ago

To her credit, Zlotowski’s film does capture the lulling feeling of a séance, but there’s a gossamer-thin thread between the mysterious and the mystifying and perhaps her delicately ephemeral film just doesn’t know how to recognize the difference.

2739d ago

The result is a bit of a mess and an oftentimes dull one at that, the kind of bland cinematic Euro-pudding that Miramax used to release in bulk back in the day.

2739d ago

The result is a bit of a mess and an oftentimes dull one at that, the kind of bland cinematic Euro-pudding that Miramax used to release in bulk back in the day.

2739d ago

Tidiness isn’t crucial, but watching Planetarium often feels like making contact with fragments of a great three-hour movie.

2739d ago

Tidiness isn’t crucial, but watching Planetarium often feels like making contact with fragments of a great three-hour movie.

2739d ago

Tidiness isn’t crucial, but watching Planetarium often feels like making contact with fragments of a great three-hour movie.

2739d ago

The result is a bit of a mess and an oftentimes dull one at that, the kind of bland cinematic Euro-pudding that Miramax used to release in bulk back in the day.

2739d ago

Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp play sisters touring 1930s France as mediums in Rebecca Zlotowski's drama, which premiered out of competition at Venice.

2739d ago

Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp play sisters touring 1930s France as mediums in Rebecca Zlotowski's drama, which premiered out of competition at Venice.

2739d ago

Rebecca Zlotowski’s sensual tale of Portman and Lily-Rose Depp as séance-performing sisters in pre-war France never coheres into something emotional or thought-provoking.

2739d ago

Rebecca Zlotowski’s sensual tale of Portman and Lily-Rose Depp as séance-performing sisters in pre-war France never coheres into something emotional or thought-provoking.

2739d ago

Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp play sisters touring 1930s France as mediums in Rebecca Zlotowski's drama, which premiered out of competition at Venice.

2739d ago

Rebecca Zlotowski’s sensual tale of Portman and Lily-Rose Depp as séance-performing sisters in pre-war France never coheres into something emotional or thought-provoking.

2739d ago

Planetarium is most noteworthy when focused on André’s near-obsessive yearning to capture Kate’s talents as a medium on film, which leads to scenes featuring strange gadgets that attempt to recreate the séance during which André maintains he interacted with the dead.

2739d ago

Planetarium is most noteworthy when focused on André’s near-obsessive yearning to capture Kate’s talents as a medium on film, which leads to scenes featuring strange gadgets that attempt to recreate the séance during which André maintains he interacted with the dead.

2739d ago

Planetarium is most noteworthy when focused on André’s near-obsessive yearning to capture Kate’s talents as a medium on film, which leads to scenes featuring strange gadgets that attempt to recreate the séance during which André maintains he interacted with the dead.

2739d ago

As a psychic in pre-World War II France, Natalie Portman is more darkly adult than ever, but Rebecca Zlotowski's third feature is a meandering mess.

2739d ago

As a psychic in pre-World War II France, Natalie Portman is more darkly adult than ever, but Rebecca Zlotowski's third feature is a meandering mess.

2739d ago

As a psychic in pre-World War II France, Natalie Portman is more darkly adult than ever, but Rebecca Zlotowski's third feature is a meandering mess.

2739d ago