Female Film Critics 24/375
An “Anemone” is a buttercup-like flower, and the new film that bears its name is a grim character-study of a victim of “The Troubles” that plagued Northern Ireland for so many years. It boasts two brilliant performances in search of a plot. Experimental, even surreal at times, visually, several mystically primordial scenes are absolutely stunning, captured by cinematographer Ben Fordesman.
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Deep Cover is a deliciously crime-y romp that proves improv skills might just save your life—or get you killed by drug gangs. The film follows the perfectly cast trio of Bryce Dallas Howard as an improv instructor whose “just go with it” mantra is about to be put to the ultimate test. Alongside Orlando Bloom, a method actor who never breaks character, and Nick Mohammed an endearingly nebbish IT guy with a foul mouth. What starts as an opportunity to stretch their talent by helping the hard-nosed cop, DS Billings (Sean Bean), with a simple—and supposedly safe—sting operation spirals into a full-blown London gang war. Let’s just say our trio’s acting is too good and everybody gets greedy. Kingsley pours his signature blend of character-driven comedy and progressively bonkers situations into an action-buddy-comedy that is carefully crafted and gloriously unhinged.
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In a time, not so far from our own, really, wolves were seen as Satanic and, per the Book of Genesis, Mother Nature was to be dominated. In that vein, the wondrous animated film, Wolfwalkers, commingles superstition and magic in an homage to red-haired girls with voice and vote — and moxie.
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Balancing a dark picture of the Middle Ages with moments of great humor and images of the magical world, the vintage animation style of this enchanting film perfectly fits its fantastic fable. Based on Irish mythology about wolves, Wolfwalkers is a film that will bewitch children and adults alike.
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Clio Barnard gives us a glimpse into the hard life of sheep farmers in Yorkshire through the eyes of a
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