These monks play the biwa (a short-necked wooden lute) and recount the stories of the fallen Heike clan. Tomona’s blindness defines his life for some time, but his journey leads him to a clan of monks. The mission ends with tragedy as the young child is blinded. Tomona (Mirai Moriyama) and his father are given a mission from the shogunate to locate a missing Heike clan relic. Inu-Oh is the story of two boys, united by disabilities that change their fates forever. Adapted from Hideo Furukawa’s novel The Tale of the Heike: The Inu-Oh Chapters, Inu-Oh is a true evolution of an ancient artform while also emphasizing friendship, legacy and who has the right to tell the stories of the departed. Director Masaaki Yuasa’s musical drama Inu-Oh combines classical biwa instrumental sounds with energetic crowds you’re more likely to see at a rock concert than 14th-century Japan. Amidst the depths of that respect and discovery, Girl Picture is a joyous, resonant snapshot of growing into one’s own, and challenging even your own expectations of who you thought you could be.- Shayna Maci WarnerĪs the earth rocks beneath the dancing of the great Inu-Oh, there’s no doubt an epic tale is unfolding. That Haapasalo and screenwriters Ilona Ahti and Daniela Hakulinen understand this makes for a film that not only calls out its characters on their overreactions, but examines and has great empathy for the source of those wounds. When you’re walking the tightrope of your late teens, every day is the most important day of your life, every argument the one that will potentially bring the sky tumbling down.
These are stories on a micro scale, but Haapasalo treats them with an investment and verve that respects her characters. Staunchly heterosexual and in dogged pursuit of pleasure, she stumbles from one oversexed, awkward interaction to another. While Emma and Mimmi are making nice on their own storyline, Ronkko (whom Kauhanen plays with an endearing, open bubbliness) is on a mission to orgasm, or at least to figure out what’s going wrong in her hookups. Whether those sparks are between friends, enemies or lovers isn’t made clear until a mutual classmate jokingly invites Mimmi and Ronkko to the party Emma begrudgingly attends that night. When a high-strung Emma locks eyes with a cynical Mimmi at the smoothie counter, sparks fly. Emma (a graceful and compelling Linnea Leino) is a figure skater and fellow classmate with an eye set on the European championships, and a mother who just wants her to take some time to be a kid. Ronkko (Eleonoora Kauhanen) and Mimmi (Aamu Milonoff) are best friends, classmates and coworkers at a smoothie shop where they use their free time to tell each other everything. In Haapasalo’s beautifully designed, emotionally honest Girl Picture, three teenagers who are not exactly girls and not yet women look for love, sex, belonging and, most importantly, the strength of their own voices to carry them through a moment in limbo.
Especially when you’re at what Finnish director Alli Haapasalo describes as the “liminal” age of 17 or 18-aware enough to know you want more, young enough not to know how to get it. Stars: Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino Check out the 10 best movies in theaters right now: But thankfully, there’s been enough good movies actually released recently this year that you should have no problem finding something great to watch. That said, things in theatrical distribution are a little strange right now, so apart from some big recent blockbusters, there’s a mix of Oscar-winners, lingering releases, indies and classics booked-depending, of course, on the theater. And I’m very happy to say that we’re back, here to help. Of course, use your judgment when choosing whether to go back to the movies or not, but there’s an ever-growing percentage of vaccinated moviegoers who are champing at the bit to get back in front of the big screen. As the cinematic offerings slowly return to the big screen compared to the streaming services and various digital rental retailers, we’re here to sort out what’s actually the best bang for your buck at the box office.Ī new year and a new COVID variant are in full swing, so now might be a good time to exercise restraint even if there are bigger budget offerings hitting the big screen.
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