Hannibal (2001): a Fetishization of Villainy
2023-10-08
A fetishization of Lecter and Starling (and Lecter).Continue Reading
The Gift (2015): An Accidental Revenge?
2022-08-26
What qualifies as a twist comes as open to interpretation. I liked that involvement of “did he or did he not do it?”Continue Reading
The Gift (2015)
2022-08-08
It elevates dialog above overt confrontation and cheap twists, and features everyday encounters packaged as the horror next door.Continue Reading
Mirage (2018) Netflix
2020-10-13
Oriol Paulo specializes in middle-of-the-road thrillers despite incidental facade and roadside attractions.Continue Reading
The Girl on the Train (2016)
2020-06-11
A film doomed to withstand comparisons to a more realized predecessor in Fincher’s Gone Girl.Continue Reading
Elle (2016)
2020-04-15
Where Hollywood actresses fear to tread, you may see Huppert running a hopscotch tournament.Continue Reading
Thesis on a Homicide (2013)
2017-03-04
Your reception to Thesis on a Homicide will vary depending on your appreciation for ambiguity and tolerance for redundancy. Thankfully, Thesis keeps both criteria to one instance of each. But before another word is said, it is incumbent upon your boy to point out that this is a film literalContinue Reading
Carancho (2010)
2016-03-29
Man, Ricardo Darin is on a roll. Seems like every movie I’ve seen of his—well, all of two so far—has him pulling some major poon at some point in the plot. In impoverished Argentina, Carancho is the colloquialism for ambulance chasers, or rubbernecks on a mission (the mission being toContinue Reading
