Dir. Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas Few scenes have stayed with me so viscerally as one from A Field in England where, playing out in monstrous slow-motion, a scholar with his mind ravaged by some magical power emerges as a diving rod, eyes wild, tongue out, rope affixed to him. It… Read More Rebecca (2020)
Dir. Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne Never trust Ann Dowd! I don’t watch that much television, and even I know never to trust Ann Dowd! Anyway, the movie I’ve seen Hereditary compared to most frequently is Rosemary’s Baby, which I’m not sure I understand. Granted, these are two horror movies without any real jump… Read More Hereditary (2018)
Created by Bruce Miller. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel As a novel, one of the many things which makes The Handmaid’s Tale special is that it does not make up details about the activities of the Republic of Gilead; in other words, everything that happens in Gilead has happened before in real life. The executions,… Read More The Handmaid’s Tale, Season 1, Episodes 1-5
Seeing Things Secondhand 