The Song of Sway Lake bleeds past, present, dream, memory and fantasy together into a moody and ethereal family drama, and while I can’t say that much of it worked for me beyond the theoretical level, I admired director Ari Gold’s attempt to transcend his Sundance-ready scenario with mythology and montage.
E Street Film Society review HERE
Black and co-screenwriter Fred Dekker pile on the profane putdowns and moldy one-liners, but the film doesn’t contain a single thirty-second stretch of coherence throughout its 107-minute running time, to the point that it feels like it was cobbled together from outtakes.
SN&R review HERE
At a certain point, I simply surrendered to The Last Knight. I don’t think I had a choice. The film had me surrounded, and I just wanted to see my family again.
Full SN&R review HERE
Capsule version HERE
