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We finish up our series on director Sean Baker by discussing the film that people took notice of first, Tangerine. The story of two transgender sex workers in Hollywood, CA. Where one finds out that her pimp has been cheating on her while she was away in jail. Filmed only with an Iphone at the time. This wonderful holiday fable gets covered with special guest, Howard Casner of Pop Art podcast.
On this episode of Random Thoughts of a Movie Insomniac. The Vern reviews current movies that are either in theaters or coming to a streaming platform near you soon.
Featuring reviews of
Die My Love
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek
Writer and Director: Lynne Ramsay
**** out of Five Stars
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Cast: Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, A$AP Rocky
Writer and Director: Mary Bronstein
** and a ½ *’s out of Five
I should say this from the start of this article that I am a cis, white, male and have 0 knowledge or experiences when it comes to any aspect of motherhood or raising children for that matter. These are movies that my sometimes co host of my podcast(who is a mother of three) should evaluate but I’m pretty sure these movies would most likely piss her off if I showed them to her.
The Vern reviews Richard Linklater's docu drama about the making of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. Stay to the end to get updates on the podcast and thank you so much for watching.
The Legend of Ochi
Cast Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard, Helena Zengel
Writer and Director: Isaiah Saxxon
Set on the magical island of Carpathia in a remote village. A young girl named Yuri(Helena Zengel) has been told by her family and father Maxim(William Dafoe) to fear and hunt a certain species of creatures called Ochi. After finding one of their young wounded. Yuri sets out on a quest to return them to it’s family.
Sorry, Baby
Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, John Carroll Lynch
Writer and Director: Eva Victor
** & a ½ *’s out of Five
There is a scene near the end that had me laughing when I
shouldn’t have been. In this scene, our
main character is visited by a former colleague of hers. While in school together, this other girl was
clearly jealous that our protagonist got this big teaching job over her. The punch line comes when the jealous girl
admits to having sexual relationships with a mentor of both of theirs. Only because she thought it would help her
secure the job she wanted and it didn’t.
It went to the other girl instead and she is very jealous
It’s when this former peer just casually shrugs off having sex with this guy when it has caused our lead person such great trauma is what I found funny. It’s humorous, because one person’s tragedy is mundane to another and it’s that juxtaposition of what the other finds tragic is what was funny. For the one girl not getting the job was tragic. For the other hearing someone not be upset about the actions this guy did was tragic. Im sure this wasn't the intent of the scene but it almost reminded me of something I would see in an early Todd Solendz(Happiness) feature
Stationed at Home
Cast: Erik Bjarnar, Darryle Johnson, Eliza VanCort,
Director: Daniel V Masciari
https://www.stationedathome.com/
On Christmas Eve in 1998, a cab driver named Ralph(Erik Bjarnar) looks forward to seeing the international space station pass over his home once he is done with his shift. Working the graveyard shift for a budget cab company, was usually Ralph’s preferred shift, but seeing this once in a life time event was too important to miss. During his shift we are introduced to a bunch of ecentric and off beat characters. Including, Harry(Darryl Johnson) and George(Peter Foster Morris) two friends out for a good time. Who unfortunately bring on a drunk, coked out third wheel named Jack(Jeff Dumont) after losing a game of pool. There is also a mysterious woman who calls herself Elaine(Eliza VanCort) who checks into a motel to write a story.
We finish up our series on director Sean Baker by discussing the film that people took notice of first, Tangerine . The story of two trans...
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