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SEVEN VEILS MOVIE REVIEW
John the Baptist was a total hottie. He had that wandering the desert skin tone and preaching the gospel six pack, and long flowing silky black hair. That’s probably why Salome, the step daughter of King Herod, wanted to seduce and steal a kiss from him. Heads up, things didn’t turn out so well for John. Introductory blasphemy aside, the story of this occurrence was a french play by Oscar Wilde back in 1896 which later was adapted into a famous opera by Richard Strauss in 1905, which is the opera Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) is directing in the film Seven Veils by acclaimed writer director Atom Egoyan. Jeanine’s mentor has recently passed away and the production company has given her the reigns to complete the production. She plans to infuse the play with her own personal artistic ideas and possibly a bit of the ol’ repressed childhood trauma. Diva actors, pushy producers, and a broken marriage at home are all major hurdles Jeanine must overcome before opening night. In addition to Jeanne’s troubles, Seven Veils has side plots galore. Props master Clea (Rebecca Liddiard) is juggling her own creativity and pushing her girlfriend Rachel (Vinessa Antoine) to earn some stage time even though Ambur (Ambur Braid) is sensational as Salome, and given the sexual and violent nature of the play, the intimacy director has her hands full. Bradly, Frank, and Melina praise Amanda Seyfried’s performance and overall career journey from Mean Girls to Mank, throw some more accolades at Atom Egoyan’s filmography, and then really get into what they didn’t like at all about this play turned opera turned film.
DIRECTED BY: Atom Egoyan
STARRING: Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O’Brien. Vinessa Antoine, Michael Kupfer-Radecky, Ambur Braid, Maia Jae Bastidas, Lynne Griffin, Ryan McDonald, Lanette Ware, Maya Misaljevic, Joey Klein, Tara Nicodemo, Aliya Kanani, Michael Schade, Siobhan Richardson
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.
Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Melina Eames (Screener Squad)
Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.
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