Of all the movies in which the female lead has a sexual relationship with an amphibian monster, The Shape of Water is the sweetest. Destined to be a crowd-pleaser, it's a little predictable but an interesting reflection of today's illiberal times.
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
The Guardian review of Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals is spot on. It's a bold film of two interlocking tales: one a character study of Amy Adams's art dealer Susan and secondly a dramatisation of her ex-husband's first novel that she's reading. The novel dramatisation is a tense West-Texan revenge thriller and it's genuinely exciting. It… Continue reading Nocturnal Animals (2016)