Monica may be one of the sparest scripts I have ever seen put to film. The story itself is scarcely more than a classic trope whittled down to its most slender thread—the nostalgia/anti-nostalgia tale filtered through a very specific lens of estrangement. It’s a...

Framing “Monica” Andrea Pallaoro’s (and Trace Lysette’s) brilliantly 'unfinished' film portrait
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