Fuck me, I thought that would never end. Just saw The Demons. Boring as fuck. I know you’re not supposed to say films are boring, in the same way that you’re not supposed to say people are ugly – they’re not ugly, they’re just not beautiful in the way you like – but fuck it!…
A film about a couple of junkies trying to come clean, and the struggle as they sabotage themselves and each other. Opens with a suicide, so you know it’s gonna be cheery. I liked that the film was beautiful and humanising while not sugar-coating the characters, not making them super-likable or cast as martyrs. They’re…
Well, that fair wakes you up in the morning! Just out of Below Her Mouth, a hot as fuck erotic romance between semi-reformed rogue Dallas and closeted soon-to-be married woman Jasmine. Erika Linder is absolutely gorgeous as Dallas, the complete asshole you know you’re gonna fall for despite yourself. Everyone in this is fit as…
Window Horses, an animation about a Chinese-Canadian girl who is invited to read at an Iranian poetry festival, and goes on a journey learning more about her history, her family and herself. I did really well with this one, I lasted right up until the last 20 minutes before crying. It was so beautiful and…
Just what I needed after yesterday’s gauntlet of films. A gentle hug of a movie, a road trip coming-of-age film set in the 70s with a killer soundtrack and a fantastic cast.
A gangster movie about an Argentinian crime family in the 80s who took advantage of the turbulent political climate to make their money by kidnapping, ransoming then killing their victims.
A movie about the wife of an Argentinian military man who begins to suspect that her adopted daughter was one of the generation of children stolen from dissidents. A big issue told in a tight and personal microcosm.
An Australian coming-of-age film following a girl going through puberty while her mother transitions to male. The main character discovers first love in a bi poly three-way relationship, and learns maybe her parents aren’t totally on top of everything all the time. Would have been infinitely improved if the diary-cam shit had been saved til…
A coming-of-age movie set against rising tensions between native Chileans and their wealthy European-descended neighbours. Beautiful but boring.
One of *those* films, where people ask, “Who will buy our cheese?” for 2 hours. Very beautiful all the same, with extra points for featuring enthusiastic Chilean herding dogs and a goat wearing a cardigan.