A bartender, a serial killer who skins his face and wears it like a mask after killing a guest. One day, he runs into a suspicious man drinking alone at a bar. After killing him and wearing his face like a mask, the bartender soon becomes engulfed in a nightmare fantasy. In the fantasy, he encounters himself, who is much more cruel and bizarre than usual, and finds out that the man is a much crazier man than he is. His face clings to his skin of a bartender, and his madness is at its peak.
From its visually stunning opening credits, which show women dancing through a forest to musical rhythms that sound almost primal, to its quiet, heartbreaking final frame, Mona Fastvold’s historical rendering of the Shaker religious movement is an experience that will stay with me for a long time.
Seeing that the film was essentially his first big, mainstream feature, and with garnering a leading role — portraying the revolutionary ball-player Jackie Robinson — Boseman, without question, delivered a performance that is still so incredibly moving, respectful, genuine, and true to the core of his obviously sincere, artistic heart; and with that, it is indeed so saddening to see him pass.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
Asha, the main character, is a biracial woman who discovers the power of magic wishing dust.
Gotham City Sirens needs a female voice behind the camera. So, on the chance someone from DC films is reading this, here are ten female directors who would be good choices for Gotham City Sirens.
It is the attention to detail that makes Wolfwalkers resonate more than Luca for Queer representation
