Deux Moi is a tender exploration of mental health and loneliness, a story that stays away from melodrama in favor of nuance.
Deux Moi is a tender exploration of mental health and loneliness, a story that stays away from melodrama in favor of nuance.
This is an odd film. Just under (under!) 90 minutes, with barely any dialogue, stretching over a period of at most two days, only a handful of characters and the briefest of backstories, it is so focused and so tightly wound that it comes and goes almost before you can get your bearings.
Who can resist a chance to gawk at beautiful Gothic mansions and expensive dresses while coming out in favor of overthrowing the rich?
What Late Night has going for it is the charisma of its two leads, Mindy Kaling (who also writes) and Emma Thompson, two diametrically opposed characters that bring the film to life when they’re butting heads. The rest of the time, though, the movie goes languid and sort of rolls forward until the next beat.
With Blue Jay, which is now on Netflix, director Alex Lehmann and writer Mark Duplass (who also stars) have achieved exactly that, which is to stumble upon something true, something that speaks to a reality of life, and to capture it in a beautiful, heartfelt movie.
The Kitchen has a trio of charismatic protagonists, but this falls short of making up for a story that puts shock value over nuance.
If you go in looking for the same high-octane action as in his other films, you’re not going to get what you expect, but Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is still pure Tarantino.
Midsommar lived up to my great expectations in the best way possible, which is to say, it displays a lot of the genius that made Hereditary great while breaking brand new ground, never once feeling like a continuation or a retread.
“It’s three chords and the truth”, Rose-Lynn says about country, quoting Harlan Howard; too often we think of it as obsessed with blue jeans and pickup trucks, but through Rose-Lynn’s eyes we see that there’s true art beyond that, a soulful longing that doesn’t care if you’re wearing cowboy boots… or if you’re from Scotland.
As played by Stenberg, Starr is a compelling protagonist, wounded but strong, grappling with her fear but also with a burning need to speak the truth.