curated cinema: how societies fall
2010’s Agora is on Prime in the US; DVD only in the UK.
Alejandro Amenabar
daily scream: haunted, and haunting…
2001’s The Others is on Prime and Apple TV on both sides of the Atlantic (and a few other services as well).
Regression movie review: no thanks for the memories
Amenábar aims for a noirish X-Files vibe, but preposterousness rules this inert trudge that does absolutely no justice to a terrible real-life phenomenon.
Agora movie review: condemned to repeat it
Once upon a time, a film this epic, this relevant, this emotional would have been celebrated as a great entertainment and important storytelling with something vital to say about the world today.
The Others movie review: scary movie
This is classy gothic horror, old-fashioned in the best way: there are no CGI specters, just mysterious footsteps and distant cries and movement in the shadows and hushed whispers and slamming doors.
