Review of Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty

It's difficult for me to write about The Great Beauty without gushing, but I found it to be a film that cried out to be annotated, discussed and picked over, every line, scene, every note in the score, every action and reaction. While it's a heartbreakingly beautiful film with barely a single frame I didn't want to tear out and stick on my walls, behind it all is an atmosphere of worn-out indolence. →