Been watching a fair few movies recently.
Amongst them:
Berberian Sound Studio - something of a homage to an Italian horror film maker. It's great on showing how they create sound (it is after all the story of a sound engineer) but low on a plot delivery. Still Toby Jones is terrific as always.
Not fade away - Fictitious American story of a 60s band influenced, mainly by the Stones. Great soundtrack and some brilliant original songs for the band. Story is good, if not amazing.
The Place Beyond the Pines - Ryan Gosling yet again (so Tim can continue his man crush
) in a film that seems to have three part threads. It's quite thrilling in places, especially the surprising outcome of the first thread and though it becomes a tad more predictable thereafter it's still very enjoyable.
Foxfire - Remake of a 90s film but set in the 50s about a girl gang profiting from abusive men. I liked it but it's overly long (2 hours 20 mins) and the acting / direction is only average.
Upstream Color - A real IMDB polariser. Pretentious unfathomable plot but brilliant direction. I hated it.