Directed by Sam Mendes 1917 is meant to immerse you in the ultra-reality of the trenches of World War I. Cleverly edited together to simulate a single unbroken take (outside of one conscious cut), the film is remarkably simple and in a way restrained as it follows two men sent out on a dangerous mission … Continue reading 1917 (2019)
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Wildlife (2018)
Directed by Paul Dano Wildlife is a tense, bleak family drama set in the early 1960s, kind of like Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road (2008). Both films deal with young married couples who are no longer happy and don't know why. Presumably they were sold a false bill of goods about the American Dream, particularly in postwar … Continue reading Wildlife (2018)
