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The Son 2002
The most moving and intense of all of their films. I think it’s Oliver Gourmet’s best performance and the Dardenne brothers’ most disturbing movie. How is it possible for a father to build a life once his child is murdered? The complexity of his compulsion to not only face his son’s murderer, but to be his mentor is hard to imagine. In a desperate need to process what happened to his son he keeps his son’s murderer close by. He…
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Green Room 2015
I liked the green hue of the movie, which I took as a foreshadowing of a green room not a
greenroom. That was a fun twist. After that no surprises, just a grind. A well filmed grind, but a predictable one. I’m holding it to a higher standard because it was beautifully filmed.Translated from by
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Saint Omer 2022
If I hadn’t had such high expectations, going in, maybe I’d throw in another star for moments of dealing with race and colonialism. I particularly liked Rama’s ever so slightly pained reply to her white husband asking her to confirm the news reports of Laurence’s refined speech, “she sound educated”. It felt like Laurence’s mother was on trial for her cultural beliefs which was very moving. In fact, all Senegalese beliefs were on trial. But…
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Playground 2021
What a directorial debut from Laura Wandel’s movie about bullying. She got such powerful performances from her young actors. With great support from the (dp) camera’s perspective, always positioned from the child’s point of view, making it abundantly clear that adults were not in charge in their world.
The sound engineering was spectacular, adding to the sensory overload of being thrust into the chaos of school. The film is shot and performed with such immediacy I felt like I was…Translated from by
