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Presence 2024
I haven’t been able to shake the feeling of this film since I watched two days ago - Soderbergh’s toe-dip into the haunted house genre weaves the creative web of doing it from the haunter’s perspective. You can’t help but feel a total lack of agency as family drama unfurls, leaving behind the “presence” of hopelessness and longing. Half a star from a perfect five due to some acting choices and strange scenes that didn’t quite add up.
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Conclave 2024
The expectation of a film following hollow men making a righteous decision doesn’t necessarily mandate a hollow story, but hollow this was. Each action felt like a slowly inclining flow, leveling at the crest of the ”oh, that’s interesting,” and ebbing into nothingness. Conclave’s acting may be the wick keeping the candle lit, as Ralph Fiennes certainly drew on feelings of bitterness, resentment, mourning, and discovery. Each scene was delivered in beautiful lighting, casting a classical paintingesque mask over a contemporary setting. I do not feel that this film warrants a second watch but it’s at least one to be understand through a single viewing.
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Possessor 2020
A practice in restraint from a Cronenberg; if you’re looking for the signature blush-beckoning body horror, look elsewhere. In a theme explored previously in more humorous ways, Possessor shares the discomfort of existing in another’s body, however with the added dread of being trapped.
The film twists and turns like a coaster, but the tracks are visible and predicted by obvious and unnecessary hints. Aside from the handholding, the director maintains a steady stream of stress and hostility throughout the film’s foray into a body-possessing mess.
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Columbus 2017
I’ll be the first to admit that I struggle to empathize with the “pathetic” character in films like this, however Haley Lu Richardson’s accurate portrayal of an emotionally volatile late teen brought me back to my later high school years. Although it’s not necessarily romance, Columbus dances effortlessly between two thin lines: beauty and storytelling.
Not only does the directing of Kogonada resonate within gorgeous shots of brutalist and futurist architecture amid a lush green backdrop, it also permeates the…
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