The Party — Review September 8, 2018March 7, 2019 / filmreviews12 / Leave a comment Patricia Clarkson (l) and Kristin Scott Thomas (r) in a scene from Sally Potter’s The Party “The movie becomes too reluctant to form a direct line between its plot and the viewer lest it lose track of its own thematic undercurrents.” Continue reading →
Anthropoid — Review April 3, 2017January 19, 2018 / filmreviews12 / Leave a comment Jamie Dornan (l) and Cillian Murphy (r) in a scene from Sean Ellis’ Anthropoid. “A lot more that could have been done here, had the plot been stitched together according to the laws of storytelling rather than the laws of history book summarizing.” Continue reading →