Janet Planet .. I wanted to like it more, but it just seemed very middling. All beautifully filmed and slow and considered, but just felt like it was the sum of many films I’d seen before. Dunno if this is a recalcitrant middle aged thing, but fuck it’s hard to find a film that hits my sweet spot t...
A masterpiece of tension let down by one of the most wasted, unfulfilling endings I've seen in a while. I feel this way about the ending to Soft & Quiet. Strongly recommended tho. I'm not a hiding-under-the-comforter kind of guy, but I am a stop-the-movie-and-take-a-breath one if the situation ...
Janet Planet: best movie I have seen this year. Just technically, an impeccable meeting of almost-vérité storytelling and painterly framing, without crossing over into heavy-handedness. Brilliant acting from all involved too.