With the summer blockbuster season now winding down, films screened this week have been a little less mainstream. First, there was the Australian horror thriller
Bring Her Back, which stars Sally Hawkins as a foster mother with terrifyingly grisly intentions (pictured are Jonah Wren Phillips with the cat Junkman). It's extremely violent rather than suspenseful, skilfully made by the Philippou brothers to make the audience squirm. And then there's
Oh, Hi!, a very dark spin on the romantic comedy starring Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon. It's funny, sexy and surprisingly nasty too.
 |
BEST OUT THIS WEEK:
2000 Meters to Andriivka
The Naked Gun • Late Shift
Dreams • The Bad Guys 2
ALL REVIEWS > |
Even further afield, there was the British drama
The Ceremony, which follows two immigrant workers on a mission into the wintry, rainy Yorkshire moors, beautifully shot in black and white with an edgy and somewhat elusive story.
Young Hearts is a seriously charming coming-of-age story from Belgium, using a youthful point of view to explore both first love and endemic prejudice. The final chapter of the Oslo Stories Trilogy is
Sex, which is a conversation-based drama full of naturalistic performances and pointed insights into connections. And the documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka, by Oscar-winner Mstyslav Chernov, is a stunner, embedding the audience with a group of young soldiers who are fighting Russians in the Ukraine. It's essential viewing. I also attended the world premiere of the second season of the Netflix show
Wednesday, a lavish event attended by Tim Burton, the creators and the entire cast (Insta post below).
This coming week I'll be watching Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in
Freakier Friday, Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in the action comedy
The Pickup, the horror thriller
Weapons, French comedy
Les Musiciens, the naturalistic
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods, and a live performance of
Lost Watches at Park Theatre.
No comments:
Post a Comment