Tom Ford Gambles Big and Wins on Second Feature. Given the challenge that most directors have making a single film, writer- director Tom Ford. One of those films is a “sad people in nice houses” tale you might expect from the couturier- turned- filmmaker behind “A Single Man,” but the other one is the kind of down- and- dirty West Texas revenge thriller that calls to mind Sam Peckinpah.“Nocturnal Animals” jumps between the “reality” of its own story and a novel that one of the characters is reading, and that’s a tricky leap to accomplish; look no further than another Venice entry, Wim Wenders. Her distant, withholding husband Hutton (Armie Hammer) is jetting off to New York on another attempt to save his failing business, leaving Susan alone in their glass- box house (complete with a Koons in the back yard) to read a galley of “Nocturnal Animals,” the first novel by her ex- husband Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal), who never remarried and who has dedicated the book to her. The novel features Tony (also Gyllenhaal), whose family drive from Dallas to Marfa takes a very wrong turn when he encounters some scary rednecks (led by Aaron Taylor- Johnson) on a deserted highway who kidnap Tony’s wife (Isla Fisher) and daughter (Ellie Bamber, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”). Also Read: 'Arrival' Venice Review: Amy Adams Talks to the Aliens in Cerebral Sci- Fi Story. Reading Edward’s book brings the weaknesses of Susan’s current marriage into sharp relief, and it also summons memories of her relationship with Edward and where it all went wrong. Rather than support his efforts to write, Susan judged him, in the same way that she judged herself, deciding that she didn’t have the emotional strength to be an artist and opting instead to curate. Ford (adapting the novel “Tony and Susan” by Austin Wright) spins all these plates with grace, leaving us to decide for ourselves how much, if at all, Susan should see Edward’s novel as an allegorical comment on their relationship. Working again with editor Joan Sobel, the director makes the Texas segments almost unbearably suspenseful and agonizing. This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. Birds are listed separately in the List of nocturnal birds.Also Read: Jessica Chastain Joins Jake Gyllenhaal in Tom Clancy Video Game Adaptation 'The Division'Those moments contrast with the longueur of Susan’s day- to- day L. A. The real standout is Taylor- Johnson, so effectively creepy as the ringleader of the novel’s miscreants. He’s been an effective enough superhero in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and the “Kick- Ass” films — and thoroughly vapid in “Godzilla” — but his unsettlingly charismatic turn here heralds a career turning point. The somewhat enigmatic ending of the film annoyed some of the people around me at the press screening — and I confess I’ll probably need to sit with it for a while to fully understand what Ford was going for with it — but “Nocturnal Animals” packs a real punch and confirms that “A Single Man” was no fluke. ![]() Learning about Nocturnal Farm Animals for Kids In preparation for our Farm Week in Preschool I created this game to help my kid learn which farm animals are nocturnal. The absence of daylight in the nocturnal animal's environment creates a need for enhancement in other areas of perception. It is for this reason that these animals.
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