The CineFiles – Ep. 13

Dear readers,

On Episode 13 of The CineFiles, reporter Chris Hrapsky, critic Jamie Rogers, and I talk about three new releases, the significance of the French New Wave, and a trippy serial killer thriller from 2000.

First, we reviewed Eternity, which opens on November 25 from A24. Elizabeth Olsen stars as a woman torn between her first and second husbands (Miles Teller, Callum Turner) in the afterlife, where she must choose with whom she wants to spend—you guessed it—eternity. We also discussed The Running Man, a new adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King. Directed and co-written by Edgar Wright, and starring an excellent cast (Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, and Emilia Jones), the movie is a nonstop chase and a timely commentary on the class divide, surveillance, and the government using the media as a tool for propaganda and exploitation. 

In the second segment, we talk about the French New Wave and one of its most famous offerings, Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960). The making of Godard’s landmark is the subject of Richard Linklater’s latest film, Nouvelle Vague, which recently appeared on Netflix. We review both.

For this week’s CineGift, Chris recommended Tarsem’s visionary The Cell (2000), starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and Vincent D’Onofrio. We seemed to agree that it’s a film with stunning visuals, which more than compensate for the boilerplate story. Watch until the end to see my CineGift for next time.

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Happy viewing!

Brian Eggert
Critic, Essayist, Founder
Deep Focus Review