Directed by Mark & Jay Duplass Some movies shove intimacy into plot because it seems like they have to. The Duplass brothers do the inverse. Their movies are all about the eventual, revealing quiet moments between two characters, and everything else is constructed just to deliver those moments. Jeff, Who Lives at Home finds several … Continue reading Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
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Chappaquiddick (2017)
Directed by John Curran Go read the youtube comments under the trailer for Chappaquiddick, it's quite strange and eye-opening, not to the way things are but the disparate narratives people can pull from the same thing. I didn't view this as a movie about politics but rather about power, privilege and little else. The top comments on … Continue reading Chappaquiddick (2017)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Directed by Miguel Arteta An insurance convention takes place in Cedar Rapids, the second most populated state in Iowa, and for the people flying into town, it might as well be Las Vegas. As one woman says, "what I do in Cedar Rapids, it stays here." The movie frames the setting in such a way … Continue reading Cedar Rapids (2011)
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