[Sculpt]

The Lobster (2016) (netflix)
8/10

An emotionally reclusive widower (Colin Farrell) is forced by society into a hotel where singles have 45 days to find a mate, but if they fail they will be turned into an animal.

This is an odd, subtly funny, satire on the perceived importance of a significant other -- focused more on those who have trouble establishing relationships -- and delivered in rather appropriate Nineteen Eighty-four style.


Secret Window (2004)
6/10

Johnny Depp plays a writer harassed by a man claiming he plagiarized his story, in this Stephen King story, screenplay/directed David Koepp.

I thought this about a someone researching a satanic happening. Must be confusing it with another film. (Maybe someone can tell me what film I must be thinking of?) Mostly nice direction, although I didn't think the reveal was particularly effective, considering this is fairly old hat here, and a stripped down story that's often waiting. Restrained role by Depp.


Civilizations: Encounters, S1:Ep 4 (2018) (netflix)
8/10

Documentary how art is affected when foreign cultures first meet.