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The French Dispatch 2021
it was good! stylistically consistent but i think anderson has hit higher emotional peaks with some of his earlier films. the first story comes the closest to this i think. i also liked owen wilson's silly little cycling-round-town bit.
my boyfriend's one-sentence review: "why is adrien brody playing basically the same character as he did in the grand budapest hotel? -
Effie Gray 2014
a good period drama is so hard to find. the subject matter is fantastic and could have made an excellent melodrama in the right hands but instead we have a sugary script penned by emma thompson and flat, uninspired direction that bears all the hallmarks of bad period drama-itis:
- insipid piano-and-strings score that tinkles away in the background with no emotional weight
- intermittent wide-angle shots of the rugged, windswept landscape (paired with the aforementioned piano score)
- angelic,…
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Wrong Move 1975
Meandering and bleak. The creepy sexualisation of Nastassja Kinski's character (she was only 12 at the time of filming!) really put me off. Robby Müller's cinematography is beautiful, though.
