2017 Movie Binge: The Beguiled’s Shift in Perspective Takes Too Long to Pay Off
With the end of 2017 almost here, I'm trying to catch up on some of the movies I missed throughout the year. Next up: The Beguiled, Sofia Coppola's feminist reimagining of an old Clint Eastwood movie.
Apply the natural lighting and ambient noise of The Witch to the story of a Civil War-era all girls school being disrupted by the sudden presence of an injured enemy soldier and you have The Beguiled. It's a film which satisfies at least an academic curiosity since it gives us a case study in how a woman (Sofia Coppola) might approach source material ...