medadlee Reviews

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Why I Go to the Movies

[9/10 · 3 February 2024]

Best motion picture I've seen this year in the courtroom/court hearing genre (I'm looking at you Oppenheimer) Ironically, compared to Oppenheimer, this film seemed to understand the mathematical formula better. That sometimes in order to get more you have to show less, that refinement and silence give value to noise and drama.

And that's the only way a movie can make the real effortful journey it should aspire to take, from talking about itself or just about Cinema to actually talking about its viewers.

That is to Justine Triets credit.

Yes, all the cast was great, but Sandra Hüller greatness really shains way after the lights go back on.

9/10.

Manodrome (2023)

Its NOT the "Taxi Driver" of the MeToo era

[6/10 · 6 October 2023]

Jesse Eisenberg at his most physical preformens. Adrien Brody is really an actor of a generation, and for me Odessa Young is a Revelation. But alongside some powerful scenes and well crafted disturbing imagery, it seems that the creator of the film hasn't quite decided where to take the story. And here it falls short of similar masterpieces like Gone Girl or Power of the Dog.

I saw the film at the Haifa Film festival. It was interesting to see the reaction of the audience, including one husband who, ironically, how couldn't stand the film any longer and informed his wife that he would meet her outside. You'll see which scene it happened in.