Aftersun film review: An astounding first feature that captures Paul Mescal at his most heart-wrenching
2 years, 4 months ago

Aftersun film review: An astounding first feature that captures Paul Mescal at his most heart-wrenching

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We At one point, you can see the ghostly imprint of an adult Sophie in the television screen’s reflection. Kids drift across each other’s paths, at pools and at play areas, finding a strange solidarity in the ritualistic nature of the package holiday. For all that Aftersun can be described as gentle, contemplative and even beautiful, it’s also the kind of film that feels as if it’s teetering on the edge of a cliff. Mescal’s Calum bears the same kind of broken-down charm of his Connell in Normal People, but there are moments of sudden detachment that feel especially heart-wrenching.

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Commentary: Oscar or not, Paul Mescal makes screen acting look natural again
2 years, 2 months ago

Commentary: Oscar or not, Paul Mescal makes screen acting look natural again

LA Times  

Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve been missing until you experience it again. I felt that way watching Paul Mescal’s performance in “Aftersun,” the stunning debut film by writer-director Charlotte Wells. I couldn’t wait to lose myself in the domestic turmoil of Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” and James Gray’s “Armageddon Time” — two high-profile films in which established auteurs look …

‘Aftersun’ movie review: Charlotte Wells’ stunning debut is a quiet rumination of the lost daughter
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Aftersun’ movie review: Charlotte Wells’ stunning debut is a quiet rumination of the lost daughter

The Hindu  

“Do you ever feel like you’ve just done a whole amazing day, and you come home tired and down, and it feels like your bones don’t work? And you’re just sinking,” asks 11-year-old Sophie to her father Calum Paterson, on the eve of his 31st birthday. Aftersun Director: Charlotte Wells Cast: Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio Storyline: Sophie watches footage …

For Paul Mescal, playing a dad was the ‘greatest dress rehearsal’ for being one
2 years, 5 months ago

For Paul Mescal, playing a dad was the ‘greatest dress rehearsal’ for being one

LA Times  

“Aftersun” director Charlotte Wells, middle, says she cast stars Paul Mescal, left, and Frankie Corio because they adeptly channeled her father and herself physically and emotionally. “It felt important in this film that there’d be a clear sense of authorship,” said Wells, though she now agrees with her producers that it would have muddled the concept. “As a result, nothing …

Review: ‘Aftersun,’ one of the year’s great debut films, is a piercing father-daughter story
2 years, 5 months ago

Review: ‘Aftersun,’ one of the year’s great debut films, is a piercing father-daughter story

LA Times  

Something odd happened to me during a recent press screening of “Aftersun,” a beautifully sculpted and quietly shattering first feature from the Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells. At times the off-center compositions, resort setting and exquisitely detailed sound design — every splash of pool water and hiss of Turkish bath steam registers with crystal clarity — reminded me of Lucrecia Martel’s …

Review: A memory both burning and fading in ‘Aftersun’
2 years, 5 months ago

Review: A memory both burning and fading in ‘Aftersun’

Associated Press  

If one were to rank the most difficult adolescent age, 11 may not be the first but it is certainly up there. In “ Aftersun,” writer-director Charlotte Wells invites the audience to go back to that age, in memory at least, with Sophie, age 11, and her father Calum, almost age 31, on holiday at a resort in Turkey. Young …

In ‘Aftersun,’ Charlotte Wells makes a shattering debut
2 years, 5 months ago

In ‘Aftersun,’ Charlotte Wells makes a shattering debut

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A normal morning scene. “The rumors,” The New Yorker wrote recently, “are true.” It was Wells’ shorts that first brought her to the attention of Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski. “I’m just really tall.” Wells’ film education continued at New York University where she made several shorts. “If you miss what’s going on, I really think you …

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