Directed by Brad Anderson Transsiberian is an odd little thriller, like an Alfred Hitchcock picture but filmed in the style of a Jason Bourne movie. It feels a bit cheesy and melodramatic at first, if only because the inciting incident doesn't truly happen until midway through the film. From there it's deeply unsettling, not in … Continue reading Transsiberian (2008)
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The Party (2017)
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)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Directed by Craig Gillespie Lars holds on tightly to a vivid imagination that makes some children seem gifted or creative but which they inevitably let go of overtime. While he blends into society, at least within this small midwestern town, he clings to a delusion that allows him to instill a blow-up sex doll with … Continue reading Lars and the Real Girl (2007)