Sunday, 5 April 2020

The Ones Below (2015)



A couple expecting their first child discover an unnerving difference between themselves and the couple living in the flat below them who are also having a baby.

Above-average psychological thriller mildly builds up tension and irritation, but is rather predictable. 


Saturday, 4 April 2020

Catherine Deneuve


(ph: Jeanloup Sieff)

Rise of the Warrior Apes (2017)



For more than 20 years anthropologists have been researching the social behavior of a chimpanzee clan in Uganda's Kibale National Park.

Intense, surprising, often shocking longtime analysis of Chimpanzee social behaviour and its remarkable similarities to human societies, although it is at times a bit lurid for a documentary.

New acquisition: Joker (2019)


Friday, 3 April 2020

Emilia Clarke


99 Homes (2014)



A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.

Good, committed drama exposes the moral twists you need to take to survive in a corrupt system, with Michael Shannon introducing another variety of a villain personality.


Thursday, 2 April 2020

January Jones


Spirits in the Forest (2019)



A look at Depeche Mode's final moments of their 2017 Global Spirit Tour, featuring intimate stories from select fans.

Superior documentary is enlightening not so much for portraying the band and its music but mainly by analyzing their fans and how it effects their lives.