Tag: arthouse

The Tit and the Moon

The Tit and the Moon

dir. Bigas Luna (1994) [subtitled, from ‘La Teta y la luna’]

Arthouse comedy romance, supposedly about envy and obsession but really more an exploration of fetishes (plus not-too-subtle sexploitation scripted around Mathilda May). Watchable enough—even entertaining in its quirkier moments—but also odd without real purpose, and at times decidedly uncomfortable viewing.

Under the Skin

Under the Skin

dir. Jonathan Glazer (2014)

Glazer_Under the Skin

Stylish, stark, disquieting, yet strangely superficial, this loose adaptation of Michel Faber’s novel is largely art for art’s sake. Scarlet Johansson excels as a vulnerable, predatory alien who while struggling to comprehend the world becomes wilfully subsumed by her own human disguise.

 

Derelict Space Sheep