The film is blunt in depicting her as unequivocally monstrous and abusive. But, at the same time, it is hard not to find yourself pulled into her pace.
In all honesty, it has been about a week since I watched The Banshees of Inisherin. Normally, I try not to leave too much time between watching a film and writing about it. A little time to let it sit and to […]
Recently, I attended the 58th Chicago International Film Festival. I was able to attend 3 films. This is the third of the three subsequent reviews fro, the festival. Charlotte’s Wells’s 2022 feature Aftersun is not really constructed around a plot, rather is […]
Mikhaël Hers’s 2022 film The Passengers of the Night is a film that certainly looks and sounds wonderful. The cinematography is at moments stunning, the score and audio are pleasurable to the ears. The cast’s performances are equally well done. However, as far as narrative goes, we are not given much.
There is so much beauty in the craftsmanship of Runner, especially the cinematography and composition. But at the same time, there are deep rooted problems, most notably the weak plot and try-hard dialogue.
[Relative] clearly wants to be about complication, but just isn’t. Characters throughout the film describe the Frank family as dysfunctional. While individual characters are dysfunctional, that dysfunction is shown to stem from the family itself or how it functions
NOTE: From September 12 – 19, I attended the CICFF to watch New Dimensions, their newest festival program for young adults 18 – 25 years of age. This is one of the two short reviews I will write on my favorite entries […]