by Elisa Giudici
Love Lies Bleeding © Anna Kooris
A young woman hitchhikes along the edge of an American road, wearing shorts, a T-shirt, and carrying a backpack with her belongings. Jackie or Nomi? It's just one of the passages in Love Lies Bleeding that brings to mind Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. The two films have a lot in common, starting with a rare attitude in American cinema: looking at an "unpresentable" American reality from within, while completely abstaining from any kind of judgment, morality, or dramatic commentary. Other similarities include the dream of the Vegas show (Jackie wants to participate in a bodybuilding competition) and a constant male presence as a judge and dangerous force. Director Rose Glass demonstrates the same ability as Verhoeven to make such bold and decisive choices, with a certain taste for the quip, that the film will inevitably be divisive.
With this introduction, I don't...
Love Lies Bleeding © Anna Kooris
A young woman hitchhikes along the edge of an American road, wearing shorts, a T-shirt, and carrying a backpack with her belongings. Jackie or Nomi? It's just one of the passages in Love Lies Bleeding that brings to mind Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. The two films have a lot in common, starting with a rare attitude in American cinema: looking at an "unpresentable" American reality from within, while completely abstaining from any kind of judgment, morality, or dramatic commentary. Other similarities include the dream of the Vegas show (Jackie wants to participate in a bodybuilding competition) and a constant male presence as a judge and dangerous force. Director Rose Glass demonstrates the same ability as Verhoeven to make such bold and decisive choices, with a certain taste for the quip, that the film will inevitably be divisive.
With this introduction, I don't...
- 2/24/2024
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Apple TV’s latest release, “Ghosted,” brings Chris Evans’ Cole, who is a farmer, face-to-face with Ana de Armas’ Sadie, who is a CIA agent. It takes a lot of chaos for the underlying sexual tension between them to turn into a romance. Many secondary characters address this, and it is very true. Let’s find out more about these two.
Spoilers Ahead
Cole
Cole comes across as needy, as per his family, especially his sister. And his texts to Sadie also point toward this nature of his. But he is also someone who cares for the people he loves. But there is something of a catch in his character. He was kidnapped and almost executed; numerous guys were shot in front of him, and he almost fell into a gorge while hanging from a truck. For a guy who has never left home in his life, which is another...
Spoilers Ahead
Cole
Cole comes across as needy, as per his family, especially his sister. And his texts to Sadie also point toward this nature of his. But he is also someone who cares for the people he loves. But there is something of a catch in his character. He was kidnapped and almost executed; numerous guys were shot in front of him, and he almost fell into a gorge while hanging from a truck. For a guy who has never left home in his life, which is another...
- 4/22/2023
- by Shubhabrata Dutta
- Film Fugitives
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