During our second short work week in a row, there were once again fewer press screenings than usual. But I still kept busy, and caught several things. Most notable perhaps is last year's acclaimed Belgian drama
Julie Keeps Quiet, a powerfully well-observed film about a teen girl (Tessa Van den Broeck, above) navigating a very tricky situation. On a much larger scale, Ben Affleck is back with the action sequel
The Accountant 2, which features more sparky sibling banter between the autistic finance/battle savant and his live-wire brother (Jon Bernthal). It's a lot of fun, even more engaging this time around, and still preposterous.
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Lily Collias is excellent in
Good One, a relaxed drama about a teen girl on a hiking trip with her dad (James Le Gros). It's a stunner of a film from first-time feature writer-director India Donaldson. David Mamet is back with the talky but intriguing drama,
Henry Johnson, starring Evan Jonigkeit as a young lawyer who has a series of very pointed conversations with various men as his life goes off the rails. Christopher Abbott has lots of internal angst in the moody, mopey drama
Swimming Home, beautifully filmed in Greek locations. Sandra Huller has fun in the engaging but overlong German caper comedy-drama
Two to One, based on a true story set in newly post-communist East Berlin. I also attended a big-screen preview of Apple's new adventure/conservationist series
The Wild Ones, and am now looking forward to further episodes in the summer. And I saw the stage shows
Snow White: The Sacrifice at Sadler's Wells and Neil LaBute's
How to Fight Loneliness at the Park.
This coming week, I'll be watching Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan in
Thunderbolts, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in
Another Simple Favour, Nicolas Cage in
The Surfer, Jack Lowden in
Tornado, Charlie Tahan in
Things Like This, Karim Ainouz's
Motel Destino and Paolo Sorrentino's
Parthenope.
