Female Film Critics 24/375
If you’re intrigued by fanaticism and the corruption of political power, binge the new Netflix miniseries Death by Lighting, revolving around the assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. This historical drama begins in 1969 at the Army Medical Museum where a cleaning crew discovers a jar containing the brain of Charles J. Guiteau who crossed paths with then-Ohio Congressman James Garfield back in 1880.
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Nicole Kidman has, of late, become known for playing women whose meticulous life hides secrets, from 2024’s Babygirl to the TV series The Perfect Couple, the Amazon Prime film Holland again explores what’s below the surface but in a way that’s more half-baked than satisfying. Set circa the early 1990s in Holland, Michigan )a real-life town with a proud Dutch heritage, authentic windmill, tulip festival, and Klompen dancing), the film teases a lot before tipping its hand, sometimes in frustrating fashion. While it builds some tension, by the closing credits, it feels like a field of tulips before spring: waiting for something to bloom.
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Ian Fleming — yes, that Ian Fleming — narrates Operation Mincemeat: “In any story,” he writes, “there is that which is seen and that which is hidden.” Such is the case with Operation Mincemeat and the fascinating — and flawed — film based on the true event. The time is July 1943 during World War II. The place is England; the target is Sicily.
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