#thekindergartenteacher

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's Luxurious World – You Won't Believe It!

It tends to be disorienting while at the same time conversing with Maggie Gyllenhaal. Maggie Gyllenhaal has a sharp, cartoonish voice, which she uses to convey profound things. One savant broadly said that she had a Kewpie-doll silliness, but clearly it's an imperfection in our way of life that we expect serious contemplations should be outlined in sonorous tones. we live in a masculine world, Maggie expresses, and in America. Especially lately anyway as much we would like to trust regardless, it’s a misogynistic world.

Read Full Article: Maggie Gyllenhaal's Luxurious World – You Won't Believe It!

[thingsbehindourhouse]

Come. Let's move in a little. Anna, get up. Remember Loneliness is still time spent With the world. Here's the room with everyone in it. Your dead friends passing through you Like wind Through a wind chime. Don't be afraid, Anna. The end of the road is so far ahead It is already Behind us.

Jimmy Roy from The Kindergarten Teacher

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

The Kindergarten Teacher has much in common with films (or real-life stories) in which a teacher falls for her student and inevitably ruins her career. What differentiates this drama is the asexual nature of the obsession. While the potential isn’t fully realized - particularly during the conclusion - there’s food for thought here and it’s bolstered by the great Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Kindergarten teacher Lisa (Gyllenhaal) is in a passionless marriage and increasingly disconnected from her two teenaged children. She attends weekly poetry classes but her writing is amateurish. One day, she overhears one of her students, Jimmy (Parker Sevak) reciting poetry. Believing she’s found a child prodigy, she takes it upon herself to nurture his talent.

 Written and directed by Sara Colangelo, this is an appropriately and effectively unglamorous film. Jimmy isn’t composing, creating abstract paintings which’ll sell for millions or solving advanced mathematical equations. He’s writing poems. No one makes a living as a poet. Furthermore, if there’s one form of writing whose merit depends entirely on the reader’s tastes, it’s poetry. It's perfect. You recognize Jimmy’s talent (it’s way better than the insipid stuff Lisa presents) but understand why it's gone unrecognized until now. This also creates an interesting uncertainty. Are Jimmy’s works actually good, or is Lisa just so desperate, so unfulfilled she’s looking to find something to latch onto? The suspense is kept for the bulk of the film and this is where it's at its best. 

There’s a delightful sort of discomfort here. As Lisa “nurtures” Jimmy’s talent with increasing enthusiasm, your stomach ties itself in knots. You see her carelessly drop hints something wrong is going on. You hope she’ll either realize what dark path she’s started on or that someone will see the signs and jolt her out of her folly. As her obsession deepens, you give up hoping for an intervention. Maybe her life will suddenly improve and she'll save herself? I wouldn’t say that you like her but she’s just such a sad human being you know jail time wouldn’t do her any good. Not many actresses would’ve been able to pull this off but Gyllenhaal does it with ease. Even the moments which should excite you - she has a number of nude scenes - it never feels tantalizing, only worrisome.

The Kindergarten Teacher is a bit like watching an episode of Hoarders. It’s uncomfortable and sad but something you're grateful for. Seeing that glimpse into this dark future self you might’ve become had it not been for an early bit of intervention is kinda therapeutic. Though the last shot somewhat undoes some of the ambiguity and power which came before, it’s quite… well, I don’t know if “enjoyable” is the right word, but certainly thought-provoking and moving. (On Netflix, January 26, 2019)

[renatocampora]

Last night #maggiegyllenhaal stunned in red for the #screening of the #thekindergartenteacher styled by @jonathancohenstudio @mollyrstern #hairbyrenatocampora (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPGKWOlfuq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16wkbokflful6

[witcherfan]

Thursday November 11, 2021 Today I

watched on Netflix a movie called The Kindergarten Teacher.

It is a hidden gem. I really, really really liked it. very moving and riveting.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6952960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

[laura-ann-review]

Can I just say how thankful I am that they used a 5 year old? But can I also say how friggin terrified I was for the kid? I kept thinking that Lisa was going to inappropriately touch him, thankfully she doesn't but man,my heart was ready to sink each time she was alone with him. Apparently this is the English version of a 2014 movie of the same name. Which i didn't know until I googled The Kindergarten Teacher. It's a story of how a teacher is speechless when she hears one of her kindergarten kids absently mindly speak poetry, at first she writes them down for her own gain for her poetry class but than it quickly turns into an obsession by wanting to live through this child. It's interesting how they played out Lisa. She's a mother to two teenagers and a wife to a man who attempts to pay attention to his wife's hobby while she works as a kindergarten teacher. Showing how she struggles to relate to her own kids just like any parent does than using that she show how she latches onto a child and wanting to fulfil that part of her life that she's struggle with. Possibly the struggle of motherhood while trying to capture her own creativity but definitely the struggle of the mundane tasks in life. Admittedly The Kindergarten Teacher is a bit slow for my liking but it isn't too bad of a story. #thekindergartenteacher https://www.instagram.com/p/CLJZKwXnM2Q/?igshid=1t6orcd6ubmp7

[abitterlifethroughcinema]

                            WOKE! Film Reviews for Spring ’19

  We Shouldn’t’ve Left You Without Some Dope Films to Step To!

                                                    by

                                    Lucas Avram Cavazos

This first weekend of ‘Setmana Santa,’ as it is called in Catalonia, ushers in the fateful reality that we’ve all thankfully made it past a long, cold winter. It also welcomes with it the understanding that this year, Holy Week/ Easter Week/ Spring Break Week has come rather late, by well over a month, and since this is the first time in a month that I’m gracing the blogosphere with my critiques just before the week leading up to the 3rd Annual BCN-Sant Jordi Film Fest, it’s time to get woke. And that’s why this critic had to get all sorts of motivated and prepared as we dive into the real Movie Season 2019. Let’s get started with a few outings now, and I’ll return with a few outings more later on in the week. Without further ado…

Dolor y Gloria ####-1/2  This may be the best film that has been released so far this year. The fact that it has been so eloquently served up to us by Pedro Almodovar, my favourite Spanish director, may make things seem biased, to which I’d query… Have you seen the movie? This could easily be one of his strongest efforts, if not THE strongest, in years and the way that Almodovar has crafted it, using character actors he once worked with in his earlier heyday, has been expertly mapped out to weave a tapestry of torturous drama and comedic, sometimes drug-addled, delights. What is also apparent is that Pedro is very likely speaking about himself, as a creator, a director, a man.  Detailing the current and flashback-to-the-60s life story of Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas), a revered if almost-forgotten director and writer from the 80s and 90s, we also get a peek into the history and mentality of a Spain and a (Movida) movement put away onto a shelf for far too long. What we find about Mallo is that whatever life circumstances have been thrown at him, he has managed to take them on with a certain, sad aplomb. It is a testament to his waning bravado that Mallo then goes about trying to reconnect with those long-forgotten members of his film past, briefly dabbling in heroin whilst using it as a metaphor for his need to deal with past pain bodies. In its own way, I’m quite sure that Almodovar did exactly the same thing in processing his own mother’s passing a few years back, and it brings into question the very nature of how every human being varies in their handling of life’s issues. I dare say that this film is something bordering on a frighteningly sharp therapy session and frankly, the performances here, especially by Banderas (and to a smaller extent, Penelope Cruz as his mother via flashbacks) are something from a prized possession of actors’ genius. One can only hope that award nominations get thrown their way later on this year…Superb Spanish cinema!

Perhaps the title gives a slight hint but the basis of the film that is Us ###-1/2 goes a long way in reminding all of US that evil rarely just dies…case in point, Donald Trump. Not to digress, so this second outing in big screen film direction by comedian/writer Jordan Peele attempts to go a step further in modern-day, U.S.-American, social-class politics. After his impeccably-timed, incredibly-successful and Oscar-nominated Get Out roared a somewhat sleepy horror genre/audience back to life, we now get a continuation or ode on a similar theme. Showcasing upper middle-class protagonists on screen who are not white has thankfully become more common since the 80s and 90s, so when it’s still possible to inject a bit of realism, I applaud the creator. That said, there is so much going on in Peele’s latest socio-cultural opus that when the horror-action takes over, you almost find yourself relieved; which isn’t to say the film lacks in punches and pull, but you definitely start to feel the languid draw of boredom a few times throughout the nearly two hour film. After the film opens in 1986 with a real advert to a throwback charity campaign, we quickly follow young Adelaide through an anecdotal moment that seems to come reeling its frightening head when she’s an adult again. The star draw of Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and Marvel wiz kid Winston Duke cannot be overstated, as they certainly bring some fan base and critical darlings with them, but the way they handle the mum and pop characters of Adelaide and Gabe Wilson is superb…plus the camaraderie between their cute as heck, and then bad-ass as heck, kids is adorable. When on a getaway at their lake home near Santa Cruz, CA, an unfortunate and sudden group of unsettling events is what finally jolts us, the viewers, wide awake when the sordid nightmare of a flashback-like attack commences and carries on for the rest of the fraught film. What creeps the whole thing out even more is that the attack comes from a psychotic group of almost familial doppelgängers. What struck me as odd is that Peele seemed to lose a sense of coherence just as the film started to pick up speed with the action, thematically and within a sense of the genre. The acting keeps the film bouncing along thankfully, but after the socio-cultural punch that was Get Out, I suppose we were all a bit wanton for more.

The Kindergarten Teacher ####  Another tandem Netflix-cinema house offering, this US-American take on an Israeli original is just as good…thankfully. With an ending that is as unexpected as it is deserved, this little indie feature will give you something to ruminate for days after. which in turn is why I gave it such a sufficiently high score. Let’s talk. The monotonous life of a primary education teacher can be one of serenity or hardships, and I can only surmise that it would mostly depend on one’s intestinal fortitude, though I sinerely doubt, I’d be cut out for it. Exquisite actress Maggie Gyllenhaal plays mid-40ish Lisa, pretty mom to two teens and loving wife, who encounters something extraordinary one day whilst teaching her sweet class of five and six year olds. An incredibly gifted five-year old chap named Jimmy (read:cutest little tyke on-screen EVER!) has the uncanny ability to tap into his inner recesses and pull out beautiful poetry that takes on meanings and lives of their own, painting a canvass of wonderment for our long-suffering Lisa. You see, what is easy to decipher as one watches is that Lady Lisa has slowly begun waging her own, tiny war on her mundane life by the commencement of living vicariously through this little man-poet. When she steps out of her bounds and finagles a way to take little Jimmy to a Bowery-based poetry slam, this very NYC borough tale takes a turn for the cringe-worthy as we slowly watch an empathetic woman lose herself in a self-delusional, self-pitying way. This complicated if completely relatable piece of celluloid will challenge anyone’s views on what young tykes are capable of feeling, doing and demonstrating. It will also leave you with the pertinent question of deciding what you think happens to the main characters as the film ends. Brutally honest and highly poignant.

[maketheswitchau]

#Repost • @missjess_switch I’ve reviewed two new releases this week for @maketheswitchau - One was a glorious film to behold that was exquisite, sad and moving...the other was a complete waste of time that made me embarrassed to be in that theatre. Try to figure out which is which! It’s a fun game for the whole family. Both reviews are available now for your perusal at maketheswitch.com.au 🎞🎬 #thekindergartenteacher #maggiegyllenhaal #theaftermath #keiraknightley #jasonclarke #alexanderskarsgard #moviereview #filmreview #cinema #film #movie #femalefilmmaker #femalefilmmakerfriday #saracolangelo #poetry #gaelgarciabernal (at Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwI_mQDBb__/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bai02pzo0jh1

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Quad poster designed for #thekindergartenteacher at the #thecreativepartnership #thunderbirdreleasing #maggiegyllenhaal #filmposter #film #graphicdesign #filmart #graphicdesign #fivestarreviews https://www.instagram.com/p/Buboi-NhonY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j9acbvqmrugg

[elizabethkarr]

#bestnine2018 A lot of films, actors, producers, writers. And a lot of my wonderful partner writer, director producer John Alan Simon! @womeninfilmla @halfthepicture #Roma @mudbound @sagaftrafound @eastmanmuseum #thekindergartenteacher #LostChild @levenrambin (at West Hollywood, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsL8_NRAr_j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mkdmu23b4kud

[raurquiz]

#HappyBirthday #rosasalazar #actress #captain #lynnelucero #shorttreks #troublewithedward #epic #Insurgent #MazeRunner #thescorchtrials #thedeathcure #alitabattleangel #chips #thekindergartenteacher #birdbox #americanhorrostory #Parenthood #undone #brandnewcherryflavor #startrek56 @startrek @startrekonpplus @hbomaxla

[tomorrowedblog]

The Kindergarten Teacher premieres today

The Kindergarten Teacher, the new movie from Sara Colangelo, is out today.

When a Staten Island kindergarten teacher discovers what may be a gifted five year-old student in her class, she becomes fascinated and obsessed with the child—spiraling downward on a dangerous and desperate path in order to nurture his talent.

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'Anaokulu Öğretmeni' filmindeki şiirler Kaveh Akbar ve Ocean Vuong tarafından yazılmıştır. Ocean Vuong'un Harfa Yayınları tarafından Türkçeye tercüme edilmiş iki kitabı yer almaktadır.

  #kavehakbar #oceanvuong #anaokuluöğretmeni #thekindergartenteacher #film #sinema #cinema #maggiegyllenhaal #poem #şiir #harfayayinlari

[ivandelangel]

En cartelera. La maestra de kinder.

[renatocampora]

#Repost @mgyllenhaal ・・・ Getting ready for the #Governor’sAwards last night. That hand belongs to the 🦊 @makeupvincent ! Also thank you @renatocampora @the_attico @erinwalshnyc #thekindergartenteacher @netflix @netflixfilm https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYR8YFhlyj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s7jdb2s9lbnx