Category: 2010s
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Looking at David Lynch as more than an iconic filmmaker, this quiet yet insightful documentary looks at Lynch’s first and most overlooked passion. When David Lynch passed earlier this year, I was stunned. I had put Blue Velvet on my watchlist for a few years at that point, but Lynch’s death put a glaze over…
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I was aware of the controversial discourse surrounding Gone Girl (2014), particularly how it approached the role of gender roles. I had heard arguments that Amy Dunne was both a feminist icon and a murderous sociopath, and after watching the film, I think it can be argued that both arguments do have some merit. But…
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This synth-heavy yet ultimately disappointing love letter to 1980s “sex = death” stories predicts the future of horror, but falls flat on its message. The camera spins around as a barely dressed girl wearing red high heels sprints out of her house. Despite her parents’ concern, she grabs her car keys and frantically drives out…
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In Stalinist Poland, composer Wiktor discovers Zula, a young woman who aspires to be a performer after receiving probation for killing her father. After she successfully auditions for a role in the ensemble, she and Wiktor fall in love, but their love is put to the test after Wiktor leaves for Paris. Many years later,…
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