atonement -
joe wright's debut film was 2005's pride & prejudice. a film that i enjoyed, but never exactly saw what others loved so much. atonement is his second film. like pride & prejudice, it is also a period film, and it also stars keira knightley. i am not quite ready to write much about this film yet because i will be posting my list of my ten favorite films of 2007 in a few weeks. i guess that kind of gives away one on my list. i will say that this is the most beautiful film i have seen in a few years, and i have finally enjoyed, neigh, loved a keira knightley performance. it also contains of amazing sequences. more to come on this one soon.
control -
control is a biopic of ian curtis, singer for the late seventies band joy division. anton corbijn, who makes his feature film debut is best known for his photography and music videos. control is beautifully shot in black and white, and each shot is composed like much of corbijn's rock photography. this is anything but the feelgood movie of the summer. curtis was a troubled kid who suffered from epilepsy, and ultimately killed himself at the young age of 23. sam riley and samantha morton give fantastic performances as ian and deborah curtis. morton is especially good and is able to pull off playing a 17 year old (she is thirty). they give two of the best performances of the year. the film focuses more on curtis than on the band, but there are some great performance sequences, and they found actors who look exactly like the members of joy division. it's a downer, but a very good film. now i need to watch something christmassy!
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