Directed by Claire Denis Vincent Gallo can really act with his eyes, maybe not quite as much with his voice, but holy sh*t those eyes are at times frightening and magnetic. Claire Denis takes advantage of it in this moody, disturbing, sensual cannibalistic daydream of a movie. It's not exactly overtly frightening but rather deliberate … Continue reading Trouble Every Day (2001)
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Tony Manero (2008)
Directed by Pablo Larrain There's some overlap between the physicality of violence and dancing, or at least they seem to be paralleled in certain movies and media. In the music video to The Shoes' "Time to Dance" Jake Gyllenhaal plays a serial killer whose compulsion seems to come from his inability to dance (so he … Continue reading Tony Manero (2008)
High Life (2018)
Directed by Claire Denis It's hard to shake the imagery of Claire Denis' High Life. It's a science fiction film that takes place on a small ship floating through the cosmic abyss, but more than that it's about sexuality, reproduction and isolation. Within its own hermetically sealed world the limited number of characters here begin to … Continue reading High Life (2018)
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