Films tend to set up and solve mysteries. But in Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), based on Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel and evocatively orchestrated with Gheorghe Zamfir’s maddeningly ...
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. The Sundance Film Festival is winding down and we covered the fest from all angles.
After having its debut in 1975, the Australian film “Picnic at Hanging Rock” confounded audiences and critics alike with its story of the disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher while on ...