nsaimages.blogg.se - Movies like the innkeepers

Luke, who looks like a gone-to-seed Tintin sliding, slack and unshaven, into his 30s, is only slightly less passive than Claire, who seems to be sustained by the faltering sense of her own cuteness. What distinguishes it as a new-breed horror movie is the minimalism of its story and the abrasive aimlessness of its main characters. But at the same time, as if taking its cue from Luke and Claire, “The Innkeepers” does not seem to work very hard. What was that noise? Don’t turn around! Don’t go down those stairs! It works every time.

‘Drive My Car’: In this quiet Japanese masterpiece, a widower travels to Hiroshima to direct an experimental version of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.”.

‘Passing’: Set in the 1920s, the movie centers on two African American women, friends from childhood, who can and do present as white.

‘Spencer’: Kristen Stewart stars as an anguished, rebellious Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s answer to “The Crown.”.

‘Summer of Soul’: Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples and others shine in Questlove’s documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival.

Scott and Manohla Dargis, selected their favorite movies of the year.