I lack the knowledge to understand whatever substance there is to this film, but the style is overwhelmingly, uniquely, intoxicatingly relentless.

Week 29. A film starring Ian McKellen

One step up from a filmed stage production, which I always find difficult to rate. The DVD doesn't have subtitles, so it got difficult to follow at points, especially considering the edition they used varied from the SparkNotes. But the acting was solid across the board; I especially liked the tenderness that Kent and the Fool show for Lear.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

More movies where sexism is depicted as a pervasive atmospheric discomfort, instead of One Clearly Defined Issue/Person.

More movies about groups of women supporting each other, professionally and emotionally.

More movies with complex black women as the protagonists.

More movies where the local hangout is better than the soulless corporate tentacle in some respects but it's still not great, because the boss is still a boss.

More movies with butch women who don't exist as a joke or a threat to feminine women.

More screaming.