To The Wonder

Since his nearly two-decade-long hiatus in between the release of Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, filmmaker Terrence Malick has become, by his standards, almost prolific. The problem is, he seems to be sinking into a similar pattern as of late, making beautiful, ethereal, purely cinematic features that rely a bit too much on what have now become his signature filmic techniques. From The Thin Red Line on, up to and including his most recent feature, To The Wonder, Malick’s go-to device has been to set dreamy, lushly shot sequences to esoterically poetic voiceover narration. For his previous...  read more

Watch a New Trailer for Terrence Malick's To The Wonder with Ben Affleck

Narrated by a sermon about the risk of being in love, the trailer shows flashes scenes of passion and complication between all the main characters utilizing Malick's beautiful cinematography and a heart-wrenching score.   read more