A technicolor trip that is as plastic as the tiny town model bookending the whole thing, Holland explores the terror of monotony, the thrill of secrecy, and the horrifying reality that can exist just beneath a veneer of perfection.
Holland is definitely a slow burn. It trickled out slowly until the very end, when it finally exploded in a brilliant, loud mess of bright lights and thick blood. I was admittedly not that impressed at the beginning, however, it served…
My second viewing was even more illuminating than the first. A slow-burn, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it thriller that has me in a complete chokehold, Cure contains one of the best representations of evil incarnate I have seen on film thus far.
I cannot express enough just how compelling I find this movie. It’s dark, it’s creepy, it’s unsettling, it’s the embodiment of quiet horror. Nothing is going to jump out at you or grab at you… instead, the terror slowly turns to you,…
My gosh, WHAT a double feature with All That Heaven Allows. This one will break your heart.
Melodrama saturates the screen via performances, sound, music, shooting and lighting - and it’s all executed through a modern lens.
Julianne Moore easily captures a classic motif: the 1950’s housewife, and makes it her own. She still evokes a modern subtly that brings Cathy to life, and can described as nothing short of magnetic. Dennis Quaid gives a stellar performance, haunted and volatile and…
I wish I was more engaged with this than I was.
The Boston Strangler predates today’s flashy portrayals of serial killers as sex objects (I am of course referring to the disturbing work of one man, Glee-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named). In this film, everything seems to have a veneer of grime. The police are scrambling, the population is anxious, and it seems like not a single overhead lightbulb is fully screwed in. That was one of the stronger aspects of this movie, this…
