Directed by David Michôd The King has a little more life to it than I recall many of these kinds of medieval, historical dramas having. Maybe that's because the Robert Pattinson character is quite amusing or because the plot of the drama here feels relatively modern (even if a bit predictable). It's a story about power, … Continue reading The King (2019)
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The Lighthouse (2019)
Directed by Robert Eggers In The Lighthouse two men are trapped on a desolate, stormy island for much longer than they signed up for. They are so isolated, in fact, that the film quickly leaps beyond any suggestion of realism and describes instead some version of hell or purgatory. The lighthouse keeper is Tom (Willem Dafoe), … Continue reading The Lighthouse (2019)
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)
The Rover (2014)
Directed by David Michôd It's ten years after the "collapse," somewhere in Australia, and a sullen figure, Eric (Guy Pearce), just wants his car back. It's stolen from him by a ragged group of survivors, and Eric will spend the rest of the film tracking them down. To do this he enlists the help of … Continue reading The Rover (2014)
Damsel (2018)
Directed by David Zellner, Nathan Zellner The "damsel" in question is Penelope (Mia Wasikowska), and she does not need to be saved. Though she's the titular character, Penelope doesn't enter the narrative until halfway into the movie, and her role is really to be the eye of the storm, the center around which all the … Continue reading Damsel (2018)
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