Adolescence is a story about a 13-year old suspect of murder.
I came into this story assuming it would be a more slow burn, plot-driven police procedural, likely one that ended in court proceedings, but while some of those elements do appear, the story is more focused on how the characters are impacted following the accusation. And things are pretty intense, particularly emotionally, throughout.
Each of the four single-take episodes follows one thread.
In the first episode, police capture Owen…
Join or Die is a documentary about the statistical correlation between joining clubs and a variety of positive outcomes. The doc is driven by Robert Putnam, author of the book Bowling Alone -- though he admits the connection that he eventually came to is one that's been discovered and re-discovered before his own "discovery."
I thought it was a well-done doc, features some good participants, some silly animations to hold the attention, and paints a clear-and-simple line from how Putnam…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Warning: lots of big spoilers including how the movie ends, etc.
(I didn't take notes, so this is only as accurate as my memory.)
Johnny 316, based on Oscar Wylde's "Salome", opens in Hollywood with the unnamed Vincent Gallo character (whom, for simplicity, I'll refer to as "Gallo") dressed in an all-white suit, a penniless preacher, affirming to passersby that God loves them and has forgiveness for them. A quote appears on the screen, one of many quotes presented throughout…
I love trippy mind-benders and unreliable narrators, and this had a teensy-bit of the former and a lot of the latter.
So you'd think I loved this movie, and to a point I actually kind of did. And then the ending happened. Ugh. I don't think I've ever gotten so into a movie and then walked away thinking "what a bummer."
Anyway, the movie starts with a guy waking up in the hospital. He's just endured some trauma that he…
