It is 1984 and aspiring filmmaker Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) lives in a Knightsbridge flat with another student as she navigates film school. When she meets Anthony (Tom Burke) at a party, an older man who works for the foreign office, she is taken by his mysterious nature and begins a relationship with him. The … Continue reading The Souvenir & The Souvenir: Part II
After surviving the horrors of World War II, Hungarian architect László Tóth (Adrian Brody) flees to America in search of a better life. One that it seems wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. (Guy Pearce) is willing to give him. Over the course of a captivating 214 minute running time, which includes a baked … Continue reading The Brutalist
A triptych of short stories all featuring a controlling, abusive relationship. Writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos delivers three incredibly peculiar short stories featuring the same actors playing different characters with only two connecting threads. Firstly they all feature the mysterious character of R. M. F. and secondly they are all about characters trying desperately to stay in … Continue reading Kinds of Kindness
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