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Dec 9, 2020 · But great scenes can come from all sorts of movies—even, say, a nattering family-friendly video game adaptation we’d otherwise prefer to forget. You’ll find that and more on the list that ...
It did seem to follow some cliche-haunted house tropes but I suspect that was on purpose to allow the audience to feel familiar in an unfamiliar narrative. The sunset scene in the ocean is stunning and the meeting of the witch in the dark was haunting (great voice actor). Some of the "ghosts" had a great design while others did look a bit cheesy.
- Driveways. “A phenomenally gentle, gorgeously poignant film about the two ends of life—growing up, and growing old—Drivewaysis the sort of healing experience we might all need right now.
- Shirley. “Decker’s directorial chops are undeniable. Sturla Brandth Grøvlen’s darkly dreamy cinematography hits all the right notes. Sarah Gubbins’ screenplay is solid even if somewhat self-indulgent in its navel-gazing, as is only befitting its academic ivory tower setting.
- Swallow. “By blending dark humor and unnerving visuals to explore the story of female experience through self-destructive rebellion, Swallow feels like a sister film to two of my personal favorites, David Wnendt’s sickening coming-of-age comedy Wetlands and Agnieszka Smoczynska’s psychological satire Fugue.
- Miss Juneteenth. “At once a portrait of a woman, a relationship, and a community, Miss Juneteenthfeels at once intimate and expansive. Heartwarming but realistically bittersweet, it’s a subtly layered and nuanced portrait of Black womanhood, about having the audacity to dream and pursue something for one’s self, and a shining debut from an up-and-coming filmmaker who ought to be on your radar.”
Oct 30, 2020 · 93 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 2020. Odie Henderson. October 30, 2020. 5 min read. At the center of Netflix’s ghost story “His House” is a marriage haunted by shared trauma. Writer/director Remi Weekes makes this symbolic connection clear, albeit somewhat comically, in the first scene.
Jan 28, 2020 · “His House” shows Weekes’ already wide range in creating the unsettling to making scenes that will make audiences scream, all while getting people to empathize with a refugee couple’s story by way of a haunted apartment.
Oct 30, 2020 · Some scenes represent the British attitude in His House — there are a few scenes where the locals treat the couple with discontent because of their thick accent; cries of “go back to where you come from” hit hard as culturally symbolic dialogue.
Oct 31, 2020 · According to director Remi Weekes, His House is a haunted house story about two immigrants trying to make a home in a foreign country. Unlike traditional haunted house stories where the protagonist might be able to escape, our protagonists – two displaced asylum seekers – do not have the privilege to simply leave.
