Directed by Kelly Reichardt Certain Women tells the story of three women in a small Montana town. Their lives intersect but not to any noteworthy degree, instead just passing by like the characters in Richard Linklater's Slacker. This overlapping quality has little to no dramatic momentum and instead just further fleshes out the world, to take … Continue reading Certain Women (2016)
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Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
Directed by RaMell Ross RaMell Ross' Hale County This Morning, This Evening is a slice of life documentary both unobtrusive and yet stylized in its own way. It observes at times like a fly on the wall and in other moments with an intimate proximity to the people onscreen. We see some crying with their heads … Continue reading Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
Blind Chance (1987)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski Blind Chance shows us how little we are in control of our own lives, no matter what we may think. The movie is composed of three alternate realities, depicting three possibilities of what happens to Witek when he does or doesn't catch a departing train. Early on the film is lathered in … Continue reading Blind Chance (1987)
Code Unkown (2000)
Directed by Michael Haneke *This post is longer than it should be because I try to figure out how best to describe my affections for a movie I probably don't yet really understand. So I figured I'd love Code Unknown going in, and I do. This says less about the film and more about what piques … Continue reading Code Unkown (2000)
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