A documentary film:
Shirkers (2018) Entirely charming movie about a young woman who with her friends and an expat weirdo make Singaporean film history, though not exactly in how they planned. Love of cinema shines out of every frame.
The third part on a film franchise:
Iron Man 3 (2013) It's a Marvel movie, so if you've seen any of them you'll have a pretty good sense of what you're gonna get (and this was a rewatch, so doubly so). I enjoy them, for the most part, and most of them have something particularly fun about them--in this case it's Ben Kingsley embiggening a small part.
A film directed by a woman (Women's History Month):
Meek's Cutoff (2010) Quiet, slow, intense anti-Western about settlers lost in the wilds of Oregon. It's a low-key masterpiece about power dynamics when people are reduced to the raw elements of survival.
So, five pretty solid movies this month, Emma. being the weakest of the batch and Shirkers and Meek's Cutoff the most rewarding.
Shirkers (2018) Entirely charming movie about a young woman who with her friends and an expat weirdo make Singaporean film history, though not exactly in how they planned. Love of cinema shines out of every frame.
The third part on a film franchise:
Iron Man 3 (2013) It's a Marvel movie, so if you've seen any of them you'll have a pretty good sense of what you're gonna get (and this was a rewatch, so doubly so). I enjoy them, for the most part, and most of them have something particularly fun about them--in this case it's Ben Kingsley embiggening a small part.
A film directed by a woman (Women's History Month):
Meek's Cutoff (2010) Quiet, slow, intense anti-Western about settlers lost in the wilds of Oregon. It's a low-key masterpiece about power dynamics when people are reduced to the raw elements of survival.
So, five pretty solid movies this month, Emma. being the weakest of the batch and Shirkers and Meek's Cutoff the most rewarding.