The Master (Anderson, 2012): Screen on the Green, Islington Green, 2.30pm
It's a quiet day on the repertory film front so, on the last day of the year, why not catch the best film of 2012. If you read one lengthy article on this movie make it J Hoberman's in the Guardian which you can find here.
Chicago Reader review:
'A self-destructive loner (Joaquin Phoenix), discharged from the navy
after serving in the Pacific in World War II, flounders back in the
States before coming under the wing of a charismatic religious leader
(Philip Seymour Hoffman) transparently based on L. Ron Hubbard, the
founder of Scientology. This challenging, psychologically fraught drama
is Paul Thomas Anderson's first feature since the commanding There Will Be Blood
(2007), and like that movie it chronicles a contest of wills between an
older man and a younger one, as the troubled, sexually obsessed, and
often violent young disciple tries to fit in with the flock that's
already gathered around the master. This time, however, the clashing
social forces aren't religion and capitalism but, in keeping with the
era, community and personal freedom—including the freedom to fail
miserably at life. The stellar cast includes Amy Adams, Laura Dern, and
Jesse Plemons.'
JR Jones
Here is the trailer.
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