big.jay

Door Mouse has such a distinct and well composed style that I watched it in growing awe. It' s not often that you meet such a clear tone in direction, camera, light, color and dialog in a genre indie film. The director seemed to know exactly what he was aiming for and hit the nail on the head. Somewhere between hardboiled neo noir, a dark generation-z-graphic-novel and a kind of weird Palahniuk-ish underground detective story. Well written, never over done or cliche, for sure in danger of walking into a trap of style over substance but never falling for it mainly thanks to its lead. Hayley Law carys the movie with her big eyes, a heavy existentialist litenes, dark and doomed wit and the intense charme from a princess of the gutter. She does such a wonderful job in portraying this iconic misfit called Mouse, stubborn, cool and very very sexy but never without essence or depth. She had me 3 Minutes in with the line "every morning I wake up in the afternoon". You can't help but love this character. And the rest of the cast is on the point too. So is the energetic garage band soundtrack that glues everything together.

I wouldn't have thought that this is the directorial debut of writer and director Mr. Jogia. Well done! Very well done. I'll keep my eyes open for his and Mrs. Law's work in the future.

Pretty clever and grimm coming of age crime-drama of four good-for-nothing kids interwoven with the death of one of them. Some kind of arthouse-thriller but not artsy-fartsy. More a latino version of a Park Chan-wook flic. The criminal case is told from the perspective of sixteen years later. You don't know if you should like or hate those slackers but you will feel for them anyway. The four young actors are just brilliant.

A very well told story about guild & punishment, power dynamics and the questionability of memories. You get a nonlinear narrative, suspence, great acting, awesome camera work, a lot of nudity, some political undertones and enough to think about when the movie is over. It's one of these little gems that went under the radar and didn't get the attention it should have. Maybe because of the amount of sex scenes or because of the nonlinear jumpiness that needs you to pay attention. Whatever the reason is, Jezabel is one raw diamond with a wonderful tarnished beauty, a thriller that will compel you to think and stays with you.

Go and watch it!!!

I'm a big fan of the found footage genre if it plays by the rules: Every Shot has to be accounted for and has to somehow make sense why someone is filming it. Incantation is a mess in regards to that. It switches angles without an established camera like sunglasses. And don't get me started on the question of believability. Oh my god! The director has to think nobody watching this crap is able to do that. The movie has some nice scares and gore in it but that's about it. The story is ridiculous (even for a horror flic) and the big twist in the end I did expect ten minutes into the movie.

Avoid.