Directed by Sally Potter The Party is one of those dinner party movies in which everyone starts off chic, civilized and egocentric, and by the end they will be humbled, humiliated and return in some sense to a more primal state of being. As the havoc of The Party plays out, characters will question their own … Continue reading The Party (2017)
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Directed by Billy Wilder The first thing Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution reminded me of was Kurosawa's Rashomon. Sure, maybe I only recently watched that film for the first time, or maybe Wilder captured some of what made that film so great and translated it into a more pulpy mainstream courtroom drama. The story, almost set … Continue reading Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
