Trish, a beautiful prostitute that grows deep feelings for a client Joe, an alcoholic, drug using undercover cop. With a fiance at home that he barely sees due to work and his endeavors with Trish, he spirals out of control and loses everything after she is mysteriously murdered and he comes home to discovers the crime scene. Living on the street having altercations and struggling to adapt, Trish sees him one day after she's changed her life for the better and vows to help him however she can after seeing his present state and learning about the news of his fiance. And she finds out that one of her infatuated "tricks", Clive Michaels is the killer and she has to go back to prostitution undercover to get a confession.
Documented human suffering is never easy to view or read about and is understandably triggering for many people, but it can be educational, and education is a key to change. An overwhelming amount queer people worldwide (and in my own country) have it far worse than I could imagine, and documentaries such as Welcome to Chechnya bring issues to light that certain groups of people would never see.
'Unsolved Mysteries' is a reminder that not everyone has closure in their lives. Things will happen that have no known explanation, and seemingly come out of nowhere.
The Resort has an excellent climax surrounded by disappointments. Somehow, at a mere 75 minutes, this movie still manages to be 70 minutes too long.
The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.
'The Menu' has a strong story. The 5 acts, which are defined by the courses, are an excellent subversion of the classic 5-act film structure.
"WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE?!!!!" "EVERYTHING!!!!!" This is but one of a multitude of highly emphatic questions, and subsequent answers, being asked in the newest feature film from one of the current masters of horror, Jordan Peele ("Get Out", "Us" and "Nope"). I must give Peele credit in that he continues to push the boundaries of specific genres and their associated tropes in order to provide what ends up amounting to subtly then jarringly intense, yet still character and story-driven, cinema that speaks more to indie stylings than mainstream.
