![]() ![]() The films were a significant boost to cinema revenues (Barbie has taken $1.4 billion worldwide the highest ever by a woman director) although a fair chunk of that goes to the studios and distributors. Things are settling down a bit after the Barbenheimer phenomenon. In the hands of another filmmaker this mash of Brideshead Revisited and The Talented Mr Ripley could have misfired but Fennell’s hilarious script and stylish direction are a triumph, aided by a number of British thesps in fine form (plus the great Barry Keoghan, who’s Irish). I recently watched Saltburn at the London Film Festival, directed by Emerald Fennell – best known for Promising Young Woman (2020) and her portrayal of Camilla Parker-Bowles in The Crown. A film by a titan of cinema about crimes against indigenous Americans would seem to tick all the right boxes, not least adding several standout performances, and camerawork and direction which is as good as it gets. It will be interesting to see how it fares in the Awards season against Christopher Nolan’s equally impressive Oppenheimer, but looking at how Hollywood has operated over the years I would be surprised if Killers of the Flower Moon does not clean up. We have a really eclectic selection of movies coming up over the next few weeks alongside Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, a tremendously powerful film by a man still at the top of his game.
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