I enjoyed this movie although the characters remain quite two dimensional (and the one female character which exists checks all the stereotype boxes, which got on my nerves). Still, it drew me in quite nicely and has that awkward humour I enjoy so much.
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TÁR 2022
My husband and I have watched one of the most mesmerizing films this year: Tár by Todd Field. With the sublime Cate Blanchett as the lead character and Nina Hoss as her supporting partner, it tells the story of Lydia Tár, one of the most prolific conductors of all time and also the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (played brilliantly by the Dresden Philhamronie). She is in a position of power and the world seems to…
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The Empire 2024
What a strange movie this is. A story of galactic proportions but set in a sleepy coastal village; The Omen meets ... what, exactly? It left me wondering; there are quite funny sequences, the acting is (deliberately?) mediocre yet sometimes very good, the whole thing farcical. I'm not sure it's intended that way. What a strange movie indeed.
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The Outrun 2024
Ronin's character takes the first steps in a journey acknowledging that she is an alcoholic and trying to get and stay sober. She also makes a literal journey, from London where she lives back to the Orkneys where she comes from. Confronting her family and background (if not roots) as well as her illness and how it affects her and her surroundings, the natural landscape provides a good backdrop and visualises her inner landscape beautifully. The story is not told…
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