Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
I thought this was such an interesting use of the 'pageant genre' to create a well-rounded portrait of Fort Worth, especially at this time of contemporary racial injustice, tension and damaging respectability politics. Well-written characters with fully formed expectations and struggles; placed inside a microcosm of Fort Worth with slow, gradual shots and sequences.
What happens when dreams don't work out the way you planned them to?
It's nice to have a queer film that doesn't end in complete tragedy and it's also nice to have a queer film from a queer director, accurately portraying queer heartbreak and longing in such a strong way.
'Carol' achieves its success without hysterics or violent outbursts between lovers, but instead with the portrayal of calm, contained pain, with things changing and leaving after they've run their course. Aided by a colour palette of burnt umber, dull scarlett, olive green, clouded…