We have seen:
Denial (Feelgood movie about Jewish US academic sued by Holocaust denier David Irving; protean performances; fascinating differences between US and UK law systems. See pic.).
Manchester By The Sea (Manchester in Massachusetts not Lancashire; central character is guilt-ridden Boston janitor facing new responsibilities; a threnody to inarticulacy).
Hell Or High Water (Formulaic, modern-day bank-robbing in Texas but raised a notch by allusions to poverty).
Toni Erdmann (Over-long but witty/funny German tale about father's concerns for business-woman daughter racked by getting ahead in unconvincing world of meetings and presentations).
Slack Bay (Grossly over-long French nominal parody about class differences in Northern France in Edwardian times; treated as fantasy-cum-farce but with excess knockabout; made irritating by incorporating six false endings just when viewer's resistance is weakest.
For MikeM
Lovely singing Robbie. I would love to hear you sing with accompaniment.
ReplyDeleteMikeM: Thanks for that. Though I say it myself I do sound better when V's tinkling the old Joanna.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I'll watch Toni Erdmann, but there's another Maren Ade movie, The Forest for the Trees, that I'd like to see. (That one is about a beleaguered high school teacher.)
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I'd watch Slack Bay is Juliette Binoche. But I don't know if she'd make the six false endings worth it.