I picked this up on sale after reading the synopsis and figuring my wife would like a Gothic horror with a slight romantic subplot starring Eric Stoltz and Jennifer Jason Leigh set in the swamps of Louisiana and sure enough I was right.
There are some oddities here and there, particularly with establishing some characters but I assume it's to give additional red herrings. While I do like the mood of the earlier part and there's some really cool shoots…

Since it's release, I've always stated that I felt this was the best Star Wars as I quite like the ensemble cast and the more grounded aspect of the story, focusing on a bit of the war aspect, especially towards the climax of the film as it's shot as a WW2 film.
However, I think one of the biggest strength is the pacing as it goes in a breakneck pace without a wasted scene. Arguably, it's almost a little too…

Mia Goth was fantastic in this and this felt like a vehicle for her. This is very different from X both aesthetically and tonally. Whereas X was channelling the 70s with the Tobe Hooper film parallels and porno plot, this feels to be a callback to 30s and 50s cinema with the adoration that Pearl has for silent films in addition to the typography and opening crawl.
The title card screams the era in a way I could see it…

What I would think is the spiritual successor to Too Many Cooks, one of my favorite short films ever, this takes a similar idea of taking a concept and stretching it to the absolute limit to the point of absurdity that it becomes comical.

Where this beats out Too Many Cooks though is that there's an actual attempt at a story and it's actually very layered as well. It probably comes off as incoherent most of the time but the…