November 2014

5 Reasons @BeyondTheLights = Perfect

[caption id="attachment_2047" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Go see it. This weekend. Then see it again.[/caption] 1. Woman Led Story by Woman Writer-Director This combination does not always yield extraordinary results, but with Beyond The Lights, Noni is well served by the words and the actual lens through which these words are supported visually. Noni’s character is flawed, but in the best way possible: the complex, human way that women on film usually have to trade for needy and pathetic, because those attributes are projected onto them by male writers. Noni is suicidal, but not a victim. She is conflicted, but not vapid....