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NEW YORK MOVIE JOURNAL (Sept.-Oct. 2014)
NEW YORK MOVIE JOURNAL (Sept.-Oct. 2014)
While in town for the NYFF screenings I'll see some movies in commercial releases around town and I'll provide notes on these in the order in which I saw them.
HONEYMOON (Leigh Janiak 2014) This starts out as a drama about how highly sexed newlyweds at a woodsy retreat start to discover odd edges in each other and gradually slides into B-horror-possession mode. And one criticism is that this development blunts the initial subtlety. But energetic, committed acting from Rose Leslie as Bea and Henry Treadaway as Paul makes up for any shortcomings in this intense, ultra-low budget picture. The first-time director is a woman. This debuted at SXSW. Seen at Cinema Village 15 Sept. 2014.
BIRD PEOPLE (Pascale Ferran 2014). Since it debuted in Un Certain Regard Cannes in May this offbeat study of urban anomie set mostly at a fancy new Hilton Hotel on the edge of Charles De Gaulle Airport outside Paris has occasioned raves (Manohla Dargis, A.O. Scott) and some dissents (Richard Brody, Noel Murray). Anaïs Demoustier and Josh Charles star, with help from Roschdy Zem and Radha Mitchell. Charles is a Silicon Valley exec who decides while at the hotel to give up his job, wife, and life, and Demoustier is an uncertain Sorbonne student working as a maid at the hotel, whose own desires to take flight lead her to turn temporarily into a sparrow. This is a puzzle piece, and worthy of being seen, and debated. Seen at IFC Center 14 Sept. 2014.
THE LITTLE BEDROOM/LA PETITE CHAMBRE (Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond 2010). Little Swiss French film about a grumpy oldster and frustrated woman who bond. Watched on a DVD screener to review for 26 September NYC theatrical release. Features the legendary French stage and screen actor Michel Bouquet.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 10-18-2014 at 06:11 PM.
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