There is always something about animated documentaries that allow for poetic metaphors. In this particular case, the metaphor is far from beautiful as it equates becoming a man with being the slimy creature from the Black Lagoon. In a way, the narrative cleverly shifts away from many classical transition stories by focusing not on the transition as we normally understand it but on the first transition we all go through from childhood to adulthood.
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Douglas Is Cancelled 2024
I honestly didn't expect much from Steven Moffat given his previous works, especially when it came to the representation of women. However, I was particularly struck by the dichotomy between the two halves of the series. The first two episodes are quickly-paced, almost comical in the way this pathetic man portrayed by Hugh Bonneville is trying to evade this debacle. Yet, the last two episodes shine through extremely long scenes allowing tension and disconfort to build up until the shows…
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To Catch a Killer 2023
Szifron's unimaginative recycling of almost all tropes of the neonoir thriller formula falls short of delivering anything substantial. The onset idea that an renowned FBI agent would rely on a unexperienced low-ranked police officer is already beyond belief and every script-writing choice going from there only manages to deflate a long-awaited climax. There is nothing Woodley and Mendelsohn can do to overcome such corny dialogues and continuity errors. Overall, To Catch a Killer has as much ambition as a straight-to-VOD release.
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Memoir of a Snail 2024
Memoir of a Snail fashions itself as a moving story about the miseries of life and the light one can still find in it. However, while the film invests the pathetic register so hard, with a 100 minute long list of traumatic events and with a crude but impressive and crude clay stop motion animation, it fails to give the narrative and its visuals any direction except towards some formulaic and individualistic moral at the conclusion. This total lack of political articulation creates a discrepancy so wide that the film starts to feel completely apathetic.
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