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KatharineClarkGray
Reviews
Strawberry Shake (2020)
Real, Observational, Human
Such an empathetic portrayal of a family in transition. This is motherhood at its least sure-footed but most real. I want to show this film to every writer or director who thinks they have to bash us over the head with exposition or explaining WHY characters do what they do. Lovely acting, fly-on-the-wall camera work. A treat.
Ambition's Debt (2017)
Killer actors, grounded storytelling
This is an assembly of really fine actors (including some true stage legends), handling a historically tricky play about power and ambition urgently and well. Director does double shift as Caesar, and is compelling throughout. A lot of Shakespeare film adaptations feel like they're straining against the text, finding excuses to use antiquated language for modern things. But the general post-apocalyptic setting feels like the proper setting for talk of daggers, swords, and awls. This does feel like theatre sometimes, but that's not a bad thing -- it lets the story remain intimate and immediate, in a "Dogville"- type way.