Mia Goth

(ph: Steven Meisel)

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia_Goth

The Staggering Girl (2019)

 

 

Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. 

 

Sumptuous art house short with lots of Valentino Haute Couture to admire actually utilizes its stellar cast to tell a compelling woman's story.

Emma. (2020)

 

 

In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends. 

 

This is a solid, lively and entertaining adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, maybe not the best, but it has great performances and excellent period detail.

 

 

High Life (2018)

A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.

Leftfield and dark sci-fi drama explores interpersonal relationships and human nature under extreme conditions; it helps to ignore the scientific components of the tale.

A Cure for Wellness (2016)

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.

The movie compels with some beautiful cinematography, especially of the Swiss location, and has some genuinely creepy moments, but the plot's mystery is protracted way too long and seems deliberately obscured by assembling one more diquieting set piece after the other.

Suspiria (2018)

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist.

Artful re-imagination of an already highly stylish horror classic has a lot going for it (style, great sets, cast, atmosphere and a great soundtrack), but far outstays its welcome, disappoints with an over-the-top ending and generally can't hold a candle to the original.