Sara Sugarman’s “Save the Cinema”
Samantha Morton sparkles beyond the limits of this sugary, sentimental melodrama telling the true story of a hairdresser’s campaign to save her local cinema from property developers
Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale”
An emotional adaption of a problematic play with terrific performances and moments of greatness marred by tired tropes
Hannes Holm’s “A Man Called Ove”
Swedish comedy melodrama (recently given the remake treatment with Tom Hanks) is a sweet and weepy Capraesque fairytale that doesn’t always hit the mark but is carried by pitch perfect casting
Claire Denis’ “Both Sides of the Blade”
This low grade soap with high grade actors takes an unsavoury delight in Binoche’s misery (and nudity) while sporting an air of self-importance undercut by laughably on-the-nose symbolism
Lars von Trier’s “Kingdom”
Absurdist, Twin Peaks-inspired Danish melodrama-horror is a deliciously unpredictable joyride so long as you can roll with the insanity