Ad Astra

"James Gray ("Lovers", "Once Upon a Time in New York") is not a prolific filmmaker, but he has the merit of varying the themes he addresses. Now, the New Yorker brings us 'Ad Astra', with an epic story set in space. The core of the script is the search for male identity through the search for an absent, distant and abstract father figure. The similarities with Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' are numerous (even the two films have Hoyte Van Hoytema's photography), in the dramatic sense and in the way action sequences are used. Brad Pitt's work is excellent, with a very contained performance, where he says more with gestures and expressions than with words. For Brazilians, it is worth noting that the feature film is produced by Rodrigo Teixeira, who also signs "Call Me By Your Name" and "The Invisible Life"."