Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker visits a couple at their secluded lakeside cottage in the hope of finding inspiration for her new screenplay. Films about filmmakers can often feel rather tired. It feels like the ultimate symptom of a creative person […]
Miami Film Festival GEMS 2020 Review – Black Bear
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways. Sometimes a film can feel so deeply […]
2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Black Bear
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lazaro, Lindsay Burdge and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A film director seeks solace whilst vacationing at lake house, though quickly becomes entangled in the lives of the couple who own the property. The question of whether art imitates life or […]
Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)
Black Bear, 2020. Written and Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Kim, Paola Lázaro, Shannon O’Neill, Grantham Coleman, Alexander Koch, and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods […]
