![]() ![]() With this, the silhouette continues to rush forward and Harper starts to flee. As the figure begins to run in Harper’s direction, we witness Harper’s own voice and innocent amusement mutate into self-betrayal as it calls attention to her vulnerability. It’s a playful moment and a striking musical cue that leads to fear as a silhouetted figure steps into view. Shouting into the tunnel, Harper layers her echoing voice and creates a melody of reflected identity. After stumbling upon a dark and damp tunnel, Harper does what anyone would do in a horror film: she starts to explore. My favorite sequence of the entire film takes place during Harper’s hot-girl walk into the woods. Jessie Buckley as Harper and Rory Kinnear as the nameless vicar in Men. Men shines a spotlight on the assaultive gaze, both within film form and everyday life: the camera floats among the foliage and traces a concealed point of view, the neighbor’s polite charade, a child’s plastic mask, even the hidden intentions of a vicar’s Roman collar. Similar to Rob Hardy’s floating cinematography, the transferable appearance that mutates across and through each of the men feels immaterial and uncomfortable – especially for a genre so often devoted to identifiable looks. ![]() While these men – and a nine-year-old asshole – may share the same face (and yes, Rory Kinnear also plays the young asshole), it is their eyes that strike the difference. Rory Kinnear does a tremendous job personifying maliciousness, as he steps into the role of every male character. Whether they be assault, weaponized doubt, resentment, or exposure, the violations, much like their perpetrators, take on many forms. However, her solitude is repeatedly disrupted by the many men surrounding the estate. Marked with an apple tree in the garden and a grand piano in the conservatory, the “dream country house” to which Harper retreats feels warm and welcoming (once the clingy neighbor finally leaves). Harper Marlowe, played by Jessie Buckley, is Men‘s anchor. It’s a conventional approach, but, with each bridged memory, we witness Harper work toward reclamation. By pivoting back and forth between her sickly-hued past and Harper’s haunted present, Garland renders Harper’s grief digressive. ![]() We hover alongside Harper Marlowe, played by the captivating Jessie Buckley, as she turns to the remote countryside to heal after the death of her manipulative husband ( Paapa Essiedu). Surreal and visceral, this folk-horror tale delivers a harrowing depiction of memory as shape-shifting and somatic. ![]() The horror hallmarks that crept into his previous work have now bled out into his latest film, Men. Alex Garland holdouts, beware.Īlex Garland is no stranger to the abstract and uncanny. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.Warning: this Men review contains spoilers. What If …, season two (early 2023 - Disney+) No need to snap.īlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 11, 2022)Īnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 17, 2023) Below are all the important release dates you want to know for your convenience. Even the freshly retitled Captain America: Brave New World is being bumped to later in 2024 while Deadpool 3 nabs its former release date in May. have already been pushing back the dates announced for much-anticipated Marvel movies like Blade and Fantastic Four and for Disney+ shows like Ironheart and Agatha: Coven of Chaos. After the post– Avengers: Endgame rockiness of phase four prompted critics and fans alike to ask if Marvel was okay, Feige persists with not only the game plan for the conclusion of the post– Avengers: Endgame phase but a timeline for phases four through six, all culminating in an action-filled double- Avengers feature of Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars. Not only does Kevin Feige keep Charlie Cox booked and busy with all the Marvel Cinematic Universe announcements from 2022’s San Diego Comic-Con and D23 Expo, Marvel fans are in for a pretty packed five years too. ![]()
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