September, 2019

music

September 2019 Music

Here are new pieces of music (for me) I’ve enjoyed this month.

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens, 2020 - ★★★★★
Reaffirming! What I expected to be a prurient documentary exploiting weird, outsider, turned out to be a beautiful portrait of a man compelled to share his love of music and humanity with the cosmos. There’s a delightful twist that I didn’t see coming that almost had me in tears (of… Read more »
Source: Letterboxd - Gary Hollingsbee | Published: 07/09/2020 - 6:17 pm
Starfish, 2018 - ★
Low-budget sf-horror that tries to mask its humble funding through hipster aesthetic. Some lovely shots - such as having the sea wash about a sofa as the lead falls asleep - don’t compensate for the deliberately incoherent narrative that wants its audience to sense there’s deeper meanings being presented. Something… Read more »
Source: Letterboxd - Gary Hollingsbee | Published: 05/09/2020 - 10:00 pm
Knives Out, 2019 - ★★★★
Enjoyable, slightly camp murder whodunnit starring Daniel Craig and an ensamble cast of some other A-listers. Ultimately, the plot isn’t what holds attention, it’s the good-heartedness of Marta, incredibly well-played by Ana de Armas and the Thrombey family’s bitchiness and infighting. It reminded me most of the type of Agatha… Read more »
Source: Letterboxd - Gary Hollingsbee | Published: 27/08/2020 - 9:30 pm