Her third feature tells an oft-hidden story of reproductive rights, yet is best described as an astute portrait of female friendship a coming-of-age tale with road-movie inflections. Ludicrously overlooked in last January’s Oscar nominations, it packs a weighty punch, boosted by Kathryn Bostic’s eerie ambient score.įrom Eliza Hittman comes another drama that blends the gritty authenticity of a documentary with the poetic sensibility of pure cinema. Like its antipodean stablemate, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, it’s a horror movie with a heart – a profoundly emotional experience.Īlfre Woodard and Aldis Hodge are note-perfect in this low-key death-row drama from writer-director Chinonye Chukwu, the first black woman to win the grand jury prize for drama at the Sundance festival. ![]() The film’s UK opening in February was followed later in the year by the release of Bong’s black-and-white version, cementing Parasite’s cult status.Īnother jaw-dropping feature debut, this heartbreaking psychological thriller from Japanese-Australian writer/director Natalie Erika James examines the realities of Alzheimer’s through the language of fantasy. South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho made history when this genre-straddling tour de force (“a comedy without clowns, a tragedy without villains”) won this year’s best picture Oscar, provoking oafish outrage from Donald Trump. Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
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