Mapplethorpe (2018)

 

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Perfunctorily well-made biographical drama with a good cast illustrates Robert Mapplethorpe's life and career, but never quite captures the enigma of his personality.

 

 

 

His House (2020)

 

A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface. 

Extraordinary and unusual haunted house drama skillfully combines genre tropes with the refugee experience as strangers in a not so welcoming land.