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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
A Masterpiece!
I have a theory that a truly good horror film, the kind that you would be willing to watch again and again, only appears about once every ten years. For me, I Am the Pretty Thing... is such a film.
Everything about this film is top notch. The performances, the narration, the score, the set design, the lighting were all brilliant. To those who found the pace to be too slow, I would counter that it is exactly the film's slow pace which imbues the film with its horror. At times it feels as if one were inside someone's nightmare. This director understood the psychology of horror, which is to frighten the viewer more by what is not seen than by what is seen.
The Better Angels (2014)
Sublime Visual Poetry
The beauty of the film The Better Angels is in its innate sense of humility. Limited in scope with very minimal dialog delivered through understated performances, watching this film is a surprisingly moving experience that will resonate with the viewer long after the closing credits roll. I watched this film last evening and have not been able to get it out of my mind all day! Beautifully photographed in black and white that is at times stark and crisp and at other times dreamily soft, the actors are portrayed as both stoic and tenderly loving. Quite simply, this film is a masterpiece that understands the wisdom of less being much, much more! I believe The Better Angels belongs to the same rank as Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire and Ben Wheatley's A Field in England for its profound beauty. A must see!
Khane-ye doust kodjast? (1987)
A Film That Will Touch Your Soul
I have just watched this film on Turner Classic Movies and have to say that Where Is The Friend's Home? ranks up there with Truffaut's 400 Blows as one of the most beautiful and honest films about childhood I have ever seen. It is the kind of film where one wants to throw one's arms around the director and thank him for creating something so pure and true. The courage and sheer determination of the little boy as he attempts to find his friend's home was such an inspiring story that was told with such simple and eloquent grace. Simply beautiful! It saddens me to hear that both of the boys and the village in which the film was made were destroyed in the North Iran earthquakes.