Qu’s second feature is a decent follow-up to ‘Trap Street’ in what is a bleak sociopolitical indictment of the treatment of women in modern society.
Tag / 2017
On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)
In the context of Hong Sang-soo’s extramarital affair with actress Kim Min-hee, the work holds more resonance and significance than its delicate and melancholic style would suggest.
Claire’s Camera (2017)
Too loose and low stakes a film to work in a meaningful way—this is a disappointing effort by Hong Sang-soo.
Killing of a Sacred Deer, The (2017)
Absurdist cinema taken to the extreme, Greek provocateur Yorgos Lanthimos delivers a harrowing work that is clinical in execution in more ways than one.
One Cut of the Dead (2017)
A much-needed tonic not just for weary audiences, but for a weary genre, in what is arguably one of the most hilarious movies to come out in recent years.
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Sensual and resplendent the film may be, but Guadagnino’s masterstroke is to give life to the unspoken—in this case, the bittersweet intimacies of a burgeoning queer romance.
Ava (2017)
An intimate and visually intuitive portrayal of one young female teenager’s life as she battles her family, friends and school to find her voice and meaning in life in a conservative society.
