#Stoker, 2013, #DirectedBy #ParkChanwook (#Oldboy) and starring #MiaWasikowska, #MatthewGoode, and #NicoleKidman, is an interesting twist on the #horror / #thriller genre and, to paraphrase #Madisynn, "it's not what you thiiiink".

Some of the style choices don't work for me, especially at the start of the #movie, but others are very well done and add to the mystery and eerie tone.

The #eroticism is palpable and often veers into inappropriate, but that's key to the plot.

3.8 of 5 stars. #Hulu

"Liberation was for some, not necessarily for all."

Until we are all liberated, none of us are liberated.

#OccupiedCity ##DirectedBy #SteveMcQueen opens #December 25, 2023

#Amsterdam #documentary

#link: https://deadline.com/2023/05/occupied-city-review-steve-mcqueen-cannes-film-festival-documentary-a24-new-regency-news-1235369438/

#link: https://deadline.com/2023/05/occupied-city-review-steve-mcqueen-cannes-film-festival-documentary-a24-new-regency-news-1235369438/

#link: https://a24films.com/docs/occupied-city

They hooked me with the first two notes; I'm all-in for watching this

https://a24films.com/films/love-lies-bleeding

#LoveLiesBleeding #KristenStewart #KatyMObrian #EdHarris #DirectedBy #RoseHarris

#BronskiBeat #SmalltownBoy

https://youtu.be/88sARuFu-tc?si=Lwmt_1WGXptAvbyt

https://youtu.be/a8dzSKRtctU?si=8haHr29fCduDeFRe

Yeah, I'm a #DirtyOldMan unashamed to state that Katy looks fucking hot

The absolute best part of #AntMan #Quantumania #Jentorra #MCU

#FearOfRain, 2021, #DirectedBy #CastilleLandon, on #Hulu, does a good job of making us feel as unsure and unsettled as the protagonist, but I don't know how well it portrays #schizophrenia.

It tries to be a #psychological #thriller with #horror, which I don't think is an accurate depiction of the experience of the #disease.

If it is, at least somewhat, then I would rate it as ok/3 stars, even with its clunky and formulaic ending otherwise, don't bother, despite some good scenes and twists.

#TheGrifters, 1990, #DirectedBy #StephenFrears and starring #JohnCusack, #AnjelicaHuston, and #AnnetteBenning is a great #con #hustler #oedipal #noir, even better than the great #HouseOfGames, 1987 (#DirectedBy #Trumper #DavidMamet )

It has a line that applies to literally every #SiliconValley #VentureCapitalist and #tech #CEO since its release:

"They were making money when everybody was making money. They think that means they're smart."

#TheCriterionChannel

#link: https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-grifters

#TheDriftlessArea, 2015, #DirectedBy #ZacharySluser, starring #AntonYelchin and #ZooeyDeschanel is a #twee #supernatural / #TimeTwisting #noir (not a #NeoNoir, as described).

It moves a bit too slowly and dialogue and delivery have too much affect, but the premise, acting, and production are good.

#JohnHawkes is radically different in this than #YouAndMeAndEveryoneWeKnow, and #CiaránHinds, #AliaShawkat, #FrankLangella and #AubreyPlaza do well in small but important roles.

Free on #BraviaCore.

#KubrickByKubrick, 2020, a #docmentary #DirectedBy #GregoryMonro is interesting because a lot of it is from the relatively few interviews of #Kubrick.

There are lots of good quotes by him on society and the nature of humanity that are, unfortunately, still entirely relevant right now.

"...people do not [recognize] the dark side of themselves, and tend to externalize evil. People do only [consider] themselves as good and everybody else as either weak or evil." – #StanleyKubrick

#MissMeadows, 2014, #DirectedBy (and written) #KarenLeighHopkins and starring #KatieHolmes, is the absolute darkest bit of #twee I've ever seen.

The cloying sweetness is cut with layers of rancid truths mostly implied, never stated, but without doubt as to what they are.

Weird and sad, it's a much better #vigilante #movie than the typical #macho bullshit, like #DirtyHarry, because it's original and human, though just as unbelievable.

#RokuChannel

#link: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/

"Once upon a time, it was the #Americans who were #terrorists to the #British. They've forgotten their #history already."

"The Americans love to brag about how their #government represents the people, so they should accept that every American shares equal responsibility for their government's crimes. No one is innocent."

If it's true for one people, it's true for all.

#Traitor, 2008, #DirectedBy #JeffreyNachmanoff, starring #DonCheadle and #GuyPierce on the #Kanopy #library #streaming service