The enigma around legendary filmmaker Terrence Malick and his recent efforts have left many puzzled – his new film Song to Song, which has debuted in the US, continues the director’s fascination with the unscripted and his exploration in finding more “true”, documentary-style moments in his movies, a trend he began with To The Wonder and Knight of Cups amongst others.

But it seems the Badlands and The Thin Red Line helmer is looking to move away from his experimental phase to head back…
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It’s marmite time at the multiplexes again this month as legendary filmmaker Terrence Malick returns to the silver screen with his latest opus Song to Song, which concludes the director’s latest phase of work. Starting with 2011’s The Tree of Life, this phase of Malick’s illustrious career has been described as either a work of an artist at the top of his game or pretentious nonsense that drifts off into its own little world leaving the viewer puzzled, perplexed or both. But stick with us,…
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Even The Thin Red Line showed hints of the future, incredibly challenging Malickian adventures. But with Knight of Cups it becomes annoying. It’s like someone threw a grenade at the script and used the leftovers.
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Once there was a young prince whose father, the king of the East, sent him down into Egypt to find a pearl. But when the prince arrived, the people poured him a cup. Drinking it, he forgot he was the son of a king, forgot about the pearl and fell into a deep sleep.
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