I had two press screenings this past week, as well as two open-air events: a screening and a stage play. So it felt like another step in the right direction, especially as it was accompanied by great weather. But then new restrictions came in, so here we are. The biggest film of the past week was a streaming release,
Enola Holmes. Millie Bobby Brown stars as the younger sleuthing sister of Sherlock and Mycroft (Henry Cavill and Sam Clafin, having a lot of fun), with Helena Bonham Carter (above with Brown) as their mum. It's a rambunctious franchise-launcher. And then there was Janelle Monae in the freak-out drama
Antebellum, which has too little energy to be a classic but shows plenty of invention and passion.
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More independent films included
23 Walks, a gentle late-in-life romance with the reliable Alison Steadman and Dave Johns;
Becky, a violent thriller about a plucky teen taking on a malevolent Kevin James;
Miss Juneteeth, an extremely low-key mother-daughter drama with Nicole Beharie; and
Shortcut, a decent thriller about five teens trapped in tunnels with a slimy monster. There were also three French films: Francois Ozon's
Summer of 85 is a complex and intimate teen drama.
Two of Us is a provocative, involving romance between two 70-year-old women. And
Little Girl is a seriously gorgeous doc about a mother fighting for her 8-year-old's right to be herself.
Coming up this next week are virtual screenings of the all-star remake of
The Boys in the Band, Julianne Moore in
The Glorias, Sally Hawkins in
Eternal Beauty, Aya Cash in
Scare Me, Harry Melling in
Say Your Prayers, Aunjanue Ellis in
Miss Virginia, the Danish drama
A Perfectly Normal Family and the Turkish horror-thriller
The Antenna.
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