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White Noise (2022)
Delillo's postmodern epic makes it to the screen
Delillo's wild postmodern epic is faithfully adapted on Baumbach's watch. Packed with every genre known to cinema, Baumbach's dark satire highlights the prophetic nature of the novel, which of course could only be revealed many years after its initial publication. Baumbach captures Delillo's lampooning of the ego of academe -with a team of nutty professors that includes Don Cheadle, Andre 3000, Logan Fry, Jodi Turner-Smith- and middle-class malaise with Mama poppin' pills courtesy of a mad scientist. It's mayhem and chaos in a Warholian paradise, with a hint of noir on the side. Good 'messy' fun.
Mr. Malcolm's List (2022)
A Delicious Meringue of Manners
Novelists who adapt their own work to the screen sometimes run the risk of being unable to "kill their babies." Fortunately, Ms. Alain's had no such qualms. Her screenplay is a delight. Director Emma Holly Jones maintains the scope and literary scale of the novel, as well as the wit, charm, and romance expected of Regency-era productions. Taking a cue from the wildly successful Bridgerton series, casting is inclusive and revelatory. Who isn't thrilled to see the lovely Ms Pinto in Austeneseque attire and a plot rife with scheming intrigue? Twenty-first century novelists are enriching a beloved genre with new stories. Here's to the women behind the camera and the women behind the pen.
Death in Paradise: I'll Never Let You Go (2021)
Season finale cliffhanger
The mystery of this episode was satisfying and believable. The climax in the b-storyline revolves around adorable officer trainee Pryce facing his "third strike" and prison for punching a suspect- who hit him first. As the young officer's actions were justifiable, viewers have to massively suspend disbelief. But cliffhanger ending more than makes up for it.
Et soudain, tout le monde me manque (2011)
Your little girl's a woman and there's not a damn thing you can do about it!
We expect love stories to be about a man and a woman. But sometimes it's about a father and daughter. Ok, I know technically, it's still a man and a woman. But let's be real, who wants to think their daughter is a woman. "The Day I Saw Your Heart" is about the moment when a father wakes up to this realization - she's not his little Disney princess anymore, but a woman with desires. To deal with it, the dad goes about trying to vet all of her conquests. The sincere, earnest, charming and funny performance of Michel Blanc strikes a perfect balance between the comic befuddled father and the dad determined that the apple of his eye will not throw away her value on empty sex. It grabs your heart with humor and sincerity. If you're jaded and cynical, you just won't get it. But if you know what it's like to realize your baby has grown up and there's nothing you can't do about it, or what it's like to deal with your parents freaking out that you're a sexual being(!), well it's one hell of a ride.