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HOLD ME TIGHT – Review by Diane Carson

September 21, 2022September 22, 2022 Diane Carson Arieh Worthalter, Christophe Beaucarne, Claudine Galea, Hold Me Tight, mathieu Amalric, motw, Movie of the Week, Vicky Krieps

From the opening moments of Hold Me Tight (Serre moi fort), French director Mathieu Amalric invites us to put assorted jigsaw puzzle pieces together. Soon revealed as the mother of son Paul and daughter Lucie, Clarisse sits before a dozen face down photos which she turns up and then back to face down, repeating angrily, Let’s start again.

Movie of the Week

MOVIE OF THE WEEK September 9, 2022: HOLD ME TIGHT

September 3, 2022September 4, 2022 Jennifer Merin Arieh Worthalter, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, Christophe Beaucarne, Claudine Galea, Hold Me Tight, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., mathieu Amalric, motw, Movie of the Week, susan wloszczyna, Vicky Krieps

Haunting, engrossing, mysterious — the one thing that director Mathieu Amalric’s melancholy drama Hold Me Tight never is, is predictable. It will keep you guessing and hypothesizing until its final scenes. And thanks to Vicky Krieps’ magnetic performance as Clarisse, a conflicted French wife and mother who abruptly leaves her family early one morning (or does she?), it offers a poignant meditation on the nature of memory and loss, identity and purpose.

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52nd New York Film Festival: Provocation and Pleasure – Rania Richardson Comments

October 15, 2014June 8, 2020 Rania Richardson (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Alice Rohrwacher, ben affleck, birdman, blue room, citizenfour, david fincher, Gone Girl, inherent vice, Joaquin Phoenix, laura poitras, mathieu Amalric, New York Film Festival, nyff, paul thomas anderson, reese witherspoon, rosamond pike, the wonder

Many of the films in the recently concluded 52nd New York Film Festival will fill theaters, fuel discussions, and collect awards for months to come. Topping the list is Citizenfour, a late edition to the tightly edited festival’s main slate of 31 features. Other films of particular interest include Birdman, Inherent Vice, and The Wonder.