683) SENTINELLE(2021 dir. Julien Leclercq) Date Seen: December 10 2021
Script is decent but I found the directing (especially of the action scenes) somewhat pedestrian.. Thankfully Olga Kurylenko has more screen magnetism than her character's got ammo.
682) HER SOCIALIST SMILE
(2021 dir. John Gianvito) Date Seen: December 10 2021
681) THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
(2020 dir. Dweck, Kershaw) Date Seen: December 10 2021
Very similar to how I first viewed HONEYLAND; I walked in blind knowing nothing other than the title & almost 5 minutes late. It took me close to 10 minutes to realize I was watching a documentary. The shots were so neatly composed like a movie + the editing & music. I just thought it was a slice-of-life fictional narrative made with local non-actors. I ultimately didn't love it as much as HONEYLAND, but it was definitely interesting for a good percentage of its runtime. Check out both of these docs if you like stories about small agricultural communities.
680) BEANS
(2021 dir. Tracey Deer) Date Seen: December 10 2021
When it comes to Canada, a lot of my U.S. born liberal friends like to believe it's some sort of peacenik love fest there 24/7 -- I think this outlook stems mostly from Canadians having common sense gun laws + their single-payer healthcare system. Things are currently so bad for the U.S. working class that the Canucks merely having anything resembling a functioning social safety net makes their grass look infinitely greener.. But the reality of the way their history plays out in regards to their indigenous peoples is identical to our own: barbaric & dehumanizing. The effects of past genocide bleed well into the present and cannot (and should not) be swept under the rug. Variations of the true events & clashes this film portrays have happened countless times all over the Americas (INCIDENT AT OGLALA) and continue to happen. But I think the story being told this time from a Native child's perspective make it stand apart from the other narratives I've seen about First Nations.. Hopefully this film will open some eyes.
Script is decent but I found the directing (especially of the action scenes) somewhat pedestrian.. Thankfully Olga Kurylenko has more screen magnetism than her character's got ammo.
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