Tag: Ruth Wilson
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Down Cemetery Road: mystery, danger, and mayhem
Down Cemetery Road is a mystery about government bad behavior. It’s an innocent bystander plotline with some pretty farfetched story points. Perhaps that’s why I enjoyed it so much and found myself smiling so often.
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See How They Run, spoofing the whodunit
See How They Run is a whodunit that makes fun of whodunits – and Agatha Christie and writers and directors and actors and producers and even ushers. It makes fun of everything. You never know which timeworn whodunit trope will get satirized next. Plus, it is fun to watch just to see whodunit.
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Review: Oslo, a dramatization of unusual diplomacy
Oslo is the story of how the Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization came about in the 1990s. The movie culminates with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin shaking hands at a press conference with Bill Clinton, but the Americans had nothing to do with the peace accords. The film is available…
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Review: Dark River
Dark River is an intimate family drama that tells a story of trauma, alienation, and tragedy.
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Review: Suite Française
Suite Française is a different enough war story to be interesting for that reason alone, but it’s also beautifully well-done and acted. Beware the spoilers.