Little movie
(WARNING: plot of novel and film adaptations discussed in explicit detail)
Have not read Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, alas, but there have been enough adaptations to cement its reputation as a beloved literary classic, actress-turned-filmmaker Greta Gerwig's being the latest.
Crass war
(WARNING: plot twists and story discussed in close and explicit detail)
Bong Joon-ho's Parasite hums along nicely, a Rube Goldberg thriller whose parts are polished to a shine, slide over and into each other with lubricated precision.
Best of 2019, the sequel
(Continued from my Best of 2019 piece)
Loneliness, alienation, the feeling of being cut off from other people or from society in general--a persistent condition that seems to have become strangely prominent in the better films of this year.
