Knight of Cups 15

‘All those years, living the life of someone I didn’t know.’ Terrence Malick presents a feast of lust, hedonism and vice in his portrait of a Hollywood screenwriter (Christian Bale) who loses his way in the Los Angeles labyrinth. The women in his life (Cate Blanchett, Frieda Pinto, Natalie Portman) come and go as beautiful, sad, fleeting romances. Lush, swirling visuals and Malick’s poetic style make this a stunning, sobering look at the flimsy façades of the merry-go-round of fame, and the grim reality of the morning after.