Friday, April 16, 2021
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Fascinating, assuredly made, but
over-ambitious drama is multi-layered and delves into serious issues on
life, death and creativity (and monomania) however, not just so deep;
nonetheless, a remarkable debut and a great vehicle for Philip Seymour
Hoffman's genius.
Maltin**: "Screenwriter Kaufman (in his directorial debut) incorporates many of his darkly comic, non-sequitur trademarks at first, then grows melancholy and downbeat as his hero confronts the futility of his quest to understand what his life is all about. Clever and original but wearying, not unlike its main character. The cast is uniformly fine."
Revenge (2017)
A young woman is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend until his two sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. As tension mounts in the house, the situation abruptly and viciously intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves her brutalised and left for dead.
Tough, excellently made rape-revenge drama presents the gut-wrenching ordeal of a woman abused by a trio of despicable alpha-male-minded men; extremely suspenseful, well photographed in beautiful landscape and with a superb performance by Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
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