Blind Spot starts off with some of the most unnerving first fifteen minutes in recent memory. We follow a Norwegian teenager, Tea, and her friend, as they finish their handball practice and walk home together — a mundane scene of everyday life. Their subjects of conversion aren’t anything to be alarmed about, revolving around their homework, their grades, the other girls in their class. Hints of teenage self-doubt can be sensed from both of the girls, but nothing about the way they…
Our introduction to The Third Wife is directly through the eyes of a silent young Vietnamese girl, standing on a small boat floating on a calm river. It’s a beautiful day, the birds are chirping, the nature is greener than ever, the sun is softly reflecting on the water. She is staring straight ahead of her as an unseen figure helps propel the boat forward. Every ingredient for an idyllic day is here, but something doesn’t feel quite right. The…
oh i am SO on board with this in every way? it's smart, it's really funny, it has such a strong style and voice in both direction and writing aaaand i want to rewatch it immediately. if THE HEAD ON HIM has a thousand fans i am one of them, if THE HEAD ON HIM has ten fans i am one of them, if THE HEAD ON HIM has one fan that is me etc etc etc
if i had a penny for every time domhnall gleeson voiced a character in an irish animated short film released in the last two years that i absolutely adore and keep loving even more with every rewatch i'd have two pennies. which really isn't much but it's pretty swell that it happened twice
girlhood is being raised by media that makes being a teenager look like the coolest thing in the world, then being thrown in a full blown horror film once you actually hit that age. there is no amount of money you could pay me to be 13 again and this film does a damn good job capturing why!!!