D: Haifaa Al-Mansour (Wadjda).
S: Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Stephen Dillane, Joanne Froggart, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Tom Sturridge.
Coulda been a gothic, meta film about a gothic writer. 120 minutes of misery before FRANKENSTEIN is written. Too monotone.
THE CURRENT WAR ★★★★★
D: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Town That Dreaded Sundown).
S: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen.
My favourite film of 2017 so far. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY meets THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Dynamic presentation of genius.