In Francis Ford Coppola’s latest, Vincent Gallo and newcomer Alden Ehrenreich play two estranged brothers in a creative family of Italians torn apart by tragedy and by a domineering father (Klaus Maria Brandauer). Tetro the elder brother has retreated to Argentina where he carries on a Bohemian lifestyle but seems to be squandering his talent as a writer. When his younger brother Bennie shows up to reconnect, old family tensions are brought to the surface and family secrets are brought to light.

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Plenty has been made of the fact that Duncan Jones is David Bowie’s son. Those who think they live in an orderly, connected universe look to Bowie’s Space Oddity or his Ziggy Stardust phase or his starring role in The Man Who Fell to Earth as possible sources of inspiration. That’s not only unfair to [...]

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