Monkey Man; A more brutal John Wick (if that’s possible) revenge style action film. The fights hit hard while the emotional through-line gives it added oomph with each blow the Monkey Man dishes out and takes in. The scenes simply refuse to cut away at the points where one wants to look away; A-
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar; Russian doll story within a story within a story climbing back out of itself is expertly performed by a most exquisite cast. Dahl’s clever and fun prose is hard to transfer to the screen but the way Anderson uses sets and framing to unfold it all is perfection; A
Lion; Fascinating story is > just a son's quest to relocate his family devastatingly powerful emotional depth despite thin bare direction; A
