Courtroom dramas are very much not my thing, so Anatomy of a Fall really isn’t, either. The acting is good, and the structure plays out deliberately, but a good mystery needs a strong conclusion. Ambiguity for a mystery movie rarely works.
(I’m the only one who didn’t like this)
Simplistic yet super charming animation colors dialogue-free Robot Dreams with a distinct visual & narrative flavor. Plenty of personality, too; any animated film where a dog reads Stephen King excels. Touching, sweet, & endlessly adorable. “September” stuck in my head forever..
Part gripping slasher, part psychological coming-of-age horror fun, Lizzie Borden-inspired The Inhabitant is a surprising gem among the prime crop of 2022 genre films. If you can get past the oddly generic title, there is a lot to love here. Led by Odessa A’zion (who is notably about to have a great horror year between this and David Bruckner’s Hellraiser), the female-centric delights have a haunting quality about them. Generational trauma and an inescapable past take center stage in bloody entertaining The Inhabitant.
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