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There is no other movie like Snow on tha Bluff. It's honest, terrifying and, at times, crushingly heartfelt. And if it's true, I guess that's about the highest compliment that can be paid: There is absolutely no questioning the authenticity of this movie. In fact, after playing at an Atlanta film festival, the filmmakers were reportedly contacted by local police who questioned some of its content in relation to recent crime.Īs a viewer, I try to take all of this at the director's word that I'm watching a scripted drama, not reality. The occasional gunshots whizzing past the camera, we assume, are staged, but scenes like the one of a toddler sitting on a cocaine-covered table while dad separates some baggies are cringe worthy. All actors are credited as themselves and the dialogue is clearly improvised. The lines between fantasy and reality here are, at the very least, blurred. Money and power are necessities and nothing is off the table in the pursuit of them. Bluff feels like a true step inside a world most will never see. If I had to describe the movie in one word, it's unflinching. That's the opening of Snow on tha Bluff, the mockumentary about a dope pusher and his crew in Atlanta's most notorious neighborhood. Not only do they have some cash, that new camcorder will do just fine as well. Primer is a testament to the magic that hard work can unlock.Ĭurtis could sell cocaine to a car-load of kids in the wrong neighborhood, but it's easier just to rob them. In both circumstances, the gamble pays off big. It's easy on second and third viewings to put the film's story aside and watch it as a documentary of its own creation: A couple of guys risking everything for this small project they're so passionate about. Primer is beautifully shot for having such a minuscule budget (in numerous scenes you can see writer/director/actor/ producer/cinematographer/ composer Shane Carruth mouth the word "cut"). With that comes huge gains in day trading and sports betting, but also, as you can probably imagine, a lot of unintended consequences. Primer is about two smart guys rushing through their day jobs and personal lives to work on a garage experiment that, to their astonishment, is capable of sending them back 24 hours whenever they like. You know, the one where the meekly hero discovers, through circumstance, a machine or portal that unlocks their dreams and nightmares (think Big, think Back to the Future, think Looper to an extent). Primer deserves an award unto itself for not taking the fast track that practically every time travel movie takes.
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Watch the trailer for Martha Marcy May Marlene
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Elizabeth Olsen may very well be the talent of her generation. I'm pretty sure I haven't recommended a movie in the last couple years as often as I have this one. The writing, directing, acting and pacing of this film is magnificent. This happens to the main character on her quest for a new life off the grid in upstate New York and, because we're along for the ride, happens to us as well. No, like many of life's nightmares, it's not until you're deep into a troubling situation that you realize how scary it is and how it may be too late to climb out. It's not a horror movie and there's very little blood. No film has ever terrified me as much as this one.
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I say that because I knew nothing about it when I hit play and two hours later I was ready to jump out of my skin. That includes watching its trailer and reading these next two paragraphs. Out of everything on this list, it's Martha Marcy May Marlene that I hope you do the least amount of research on going in. Regardless of how you walk away from it, it's downright incredible that this movie got made and that's something that can't be said very much these days. In that respect, I don't know if Killer Joe asks too much of its audience or if it completely frees them to watch with the pleasure/disdain-level of their choosing. And it's equally impossible not to be mesmerized by the sharp dialogue, unexpected laughs and spot-on performances by a rich cast (Matthew McConaughey and Juno Temple are incredible). After all, it's nearly impossible to like a story about a redneck father and son's quest to kill their ex-wife/mother for insurance money. Expect to be equal parts repulsed and fascinated. Just plain old ugly, funny, sophisticated trash."ĭo not expect to like this movie. I don't think it can be summed up any better than critic Jack Giroux's review where he says, "Killer Joe is trash.