The Obscure Spring

XTHEUNKNOWN - akathe"unofficial because we had a fight withthewriter sequel" - is wonderful. Dean Jagger's lead stands out, his approach to performance so different fromtherest ofthecast's. 2/

Reaction time. A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is beautifully shot andtheperformances are strong to stellar. There's no perfect way to tell Dylan's story, so there will always be couldas and shouldas. What it does, it does well. I enjoyed it, and I look forward to seeing it again.

With sparse narrative,thesense of isolation, loneliness captured inthebustling of Tokyo, Sprin Garden talked abtthedeep solitude in living inthecity reflected in Taro's daily life, his grief & interactions with his neighbours &theconversations onthepast & present

Outside of First Omen, I haven’t dug most oftheBig Time horror movies this year but inthespirit oftheseason, wanted to recommend a few under-the-radar films: Exhuma (Jang Jae-hyun) Satranic Panic (Alice Maio MacKay) Frogman (Anthony Cousins) Blackout (Larry Fessenden)

A quiet, melancholic story of hope, love, life, simple things we rarely cared about & realizing how important these little moments we have with each other. Strout's enchanting narrative throughthelens of ordinary people of their "unrecorded lives" was enchanting to read