All of Us Strangers - a time-shifting meditation on love and loss. Great acting (Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy), great storytelling. I hadn't read much about the film and glad that I hadn't, as it made the story more poignant. The kind of film that stays with you.Paul Mescal also starred in another kind of similar lyrical father-daughter memory piece, Aftersun.Both highly recommended.
U-571: a very old school war movie which relies quite heavily on its submarine setting for dramatic tension. I enjoyed it despite the flaws however, the sense of claustrophobia and fear amongst the crew is palpable and makes up for a rather cheesy ending.
Next you will be telling me it wasn't actually an American crew who captured the Enigma machine like in U-571
Quote from: SA Chris on August 26, 2024, 10:30:06 amNext you will be telling me it wasn't actually an American crew who captured the Enigma machine like in U-571Was watching it co-incidental to me mentioning it a week ago?
"The Promised Land" (Bastarden in its original Danish title, 2023). Set in the mid-eighteenth century, a retired Danish army officer (Mads Mikkelsen) attempts to settle and farm the bleak heath lands of Jutland, where he is met with harsh conditions and extreme hostility from an evil local landowner. Assembling a ragbag team of misfits he is undeterred. As one review pointed out, it's basically a Western set in early modern Scandinavia; dark, brooding, and surprisingly violent. I enjoyed it a lot. Mikkelsen is excellent, as ever.