21/46
One of Steven Spielberg’s sons and one of Martin Scorsese’s daughters are in this movie
Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions rise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own..
Featured in The 7PM Project: Episode dated 22 November 2024 (2024)
These Are the Things I’d DoWritten by Al HazanPerformed by Al Hazan. Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is a stunning and strange film from Tyler Taormina, an uncompromising young filmmaker.
with characters you’ll fall in love with, and moments that feel too ordinary to be Hollywood, as well as moments that seem to absurd to be fake
If you’ve seen Taormina’s previous films, ("Ham on Rye" / "Wild Flies” / the dialogue-less “Happer’s Comet”) then you might have a sense of what is going to wash over you when you sit down for this, his first effort to see broader distribution Taormina’s films exist outside of conventional genre and storytelling. They’re funny, but they’re not comedies, there’s drama, but they’re not dramas Characters experience conflict and resolution, but no single thread that must be followed to its end Taormina’s films an experience that feels totally alive.
It’s a film I strongly recommend to anyone with an open mind and an open heart
difficult film to share, because the press materials (accurately) depict a family Christmas movie featuring Michael Cera, but it’s not what you’d expect from that at all When trying to describe the film, it begins to sound "art house" and dry, but it’s anything but. Personally, the holidays are not a selling point for me (unless it’s "Black Christmas" 1974), but the world Taormina and her excellent cast created was utterly enthralling.