{"id":132127,"date":"2017-10-12T09:26:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=132127"},"modified":"2021-03-21T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T15:43:17","slug":"2017-movies-that-should-be-on-your-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=132127","title":{"rendered":"2017 Movies That Should Be On Your Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are movies either out now or opening soon. I’ll do a more comprehensive round-up of all the movies later in the year once I’ve seen more.<\/p>\n

In the meantime: <\/p>\n

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\nDirector<\/strong>: Sean Baker
\nScreenplay<\/strong>: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
\nU.S. release date<\/strong>: October 6, 2017
\nU.K. release date<\/strong>: November 10, 2017
\nFrom the film-maker of Tangerine<\/i> (shot on an iPhone, famously), The Florida Project<\/i> is extremely difficult to describe. Critics have been acknowledging this in their reviews! Something happens in this movie – a mood, a vibe – completely separating it from the grim surroundings. Taking place in a purple-painted motel on the outskirts of Orlando, it features a cast of little kids having adventures, sassing the grown-ups, running wild, scheming, plotting. Behind this is a bleak landscape of adults on the verge of homelessness. Or, basically homeless already, holed up in the motel staving-off the inevitable. Willem Dafoe (in his best role in years) plays the harassed motel manager who does his best to keep the motel running smoothly. None of this, though, accurately describes the powerful experience of Florida Project<\/i>. I thought my heart would explode at the end (for example). For my money, Stephanie Zacharek’s review in Time<\/i> is the one to read<\/a>. See this movie. <\/p>\n

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