Mood Indigo // Joys and sorrows

MOOD INDIGO (2013)
Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring Audrey Tatou, Romain Duris, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

Love, life and death. Three enormous themes beautifully tackled by one of the most inventive and original directors working today. Michel Gondry is best known for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and this may be as good if not better than that modern classic.

Spring Breakers // Flashing Lights

Spring Breakers

Directed by Harmony Korine

Starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, Ashley Benson and James Franco

This review contains spoilers

First, I'm going to try and describe the film in one paragraph. I'm not going to summarise what happens because you can probably do that in one sentence. I'm going to describe it by what the experience of watching it was like because the film is essentially an experience. The kind that is hard to forget.

Stoker // Sydney Film Festival 2013

Stoker 

Directed by Park Chan-Wook

Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Jacki Weaver and Matthew Goode

This review contains spoilers

Let's begin at the end. We see the result of everything that happens during the middle portion of the film which proves to be the least interesting part of the film. What is interesting is seeing how it all begins and how it all ends and where this could lead.