Every now and then the right people come together for a project (director, cinematographer, editor) and they make a gem cos they're all locked in and share a greater vision!
This is a film I would have passed on if it decided to go another route of dramatizing the pain of the characters in the ways we've always seen them on screen. There is still anguish in the air of Nickel Boys but it isn't forced. And multiple scenes, that…
Fav film of the year so far, my final screening at the Berlinale after missing it at Sundance.
The scenes are as horrific as they get in this twisted take on Cinderella.
The era of films touching on body politics continues! It was an experience for me. And I'm not big on horror.
too tropey. Tries to subvert some expectations but still falls into a certain trope. Quite funny. Very funny even. Something just feels empty about it about the resolution of the conflicts it builds up.
