My program notes for the Pickford this week:
“The fabulous Murina is a Martin Scorsese-produced film by writer-director Antoneta Kusijanovic. Kusijanovic is someone who's been in the film world for a number of years, but this is her first feature film. And what a debut!
Kusijanovic is certainly someone to watch for in coming years, and it is no surprise that Murina was awarded the prestigious Golden Camera award (Caméra d’Or) at 2021's Cannes Film Fest. The film, notably, too,…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Rather nervously sat down to watch this with our two teen daughters. I thought it might be traumatizing, too close to home, especially for our oldest, who has severe social anxiety and depression. But we stayed up til 2 AM afterwards talking. There were tears and hugs. They told us stuff they feel now and stuff they’d felt in middle school that they couldn’t say before. They saw themselves onscreen and saw someone knew and someone cared.
So grateful to Bo Burnham and the medium of film — my girls felt seen.
