I'm Still Here (2010)

Review: I'm Still Here (2010)

Director: Casey Affleck

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Bruce Willis, Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, Ben Stiller,

Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller

Plot: I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

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Recent Viewing: April and May, part three

Recent Viewing: April and May, part three

Among other recent disks, Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England and Frank Perry’s The Swimmer use realistic performance and imagery to dig below material reality to strange symbolic and psychological depths, while the Estonian documentary […]

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