Out to own today:
LADY BIRD
 | “I wish I could live something,” Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) Mumblecore queen Greta Gerwig makes her sole directorial debut. (NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS was a joint venture with Joe Swanberg.) While LADY BIRD is witty, it is does not reinvent the coming of age dramedy genre. The usual topics of first love, self-determination and friendship quandaries are present and correct. Instead of mostly opting for humour, as with say THE TO DO LIST and THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, the movie underpins the often awkward observations with bruising relationship friction. [To read more, click here.] |
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
 | “I want you to hurt them,” Senator Votto (Alex Manette) A nightmare unfolds. Time bleeds. Violence without catharsis. Director Lynne Ramsay has made a throwback to 1970s moviemaking and put a fresh spin. (Not that those type of movies ever get tired.) Think a modern CHINATOWN (1974). A society rotting to its core. Previously unchecked appetites of the powerful meet head on a resourceful protagonist. Like SERPICO (1973), the odds are stacked against him. As with GET CARTER (1971), the lead cuts a swathe through the depraved. [To read more, click here.] |
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