With its muted colours, its non fashion specific clothing, it’s ambiguous imaging of Los Angeles, and its floating camerwork, Spike Jonze has created a world that could be our past, our present or our future, particularly given how many white Anglo people he has walking around Shanghai, which is the real setting for Her. Underlying […]
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Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh and the twisting plot combined with the old chestnut. (film review)
posted by lisathatcher
Steven Soderbergh started his career with Sex Lies and Videotape and for that one film alone, he has a lot of credibility with me, no matter how high is “Ocean’s” count goes. He’s an interesting director, the way he can move rather seamlessly between big budget, low substance, Hollywood blockbusters and high-grade art house films. […]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: David Fincher goes Hollywood on Sweden
posted by lisathatcher
It isn’t the downer it appears to be when I tell you the best part about this film is the opening credits. A nightmarish, amorphous vision in liquid monochrome, with an eardrum-frazzling score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. I was so excited by the opening credits I forgot i was a bit miffed that this film […]
Lisa Thatcher 