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Our picks include Mulholland Drive — David Lynch‘s iconic puzzlebox film about an aspiring actress who meets an amnesiac woman to solve a mystery — and In the Cut, a highly under-appreciated neo-noir featuring an unrecognizable Meg Ryan.
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‘Mulholland Drive’ (2001)
Bright-eyed and hopelessly naive Betty (Naomi Watts) arrives in Los Angeles from Canada, eager to make it in Hollywood as an actress. While staying at her aunt’s apartment, she discovers an injured and amnesiac woman named Rita (Laura Harring) taking refuge there. Together, the two set out to uncover what happened to Rita and who she really is, and in doing so, they descend into a surrealist nightmare where suddenly nothing and no one is as it seems.
Mulholland Drive was originally conceived as a television show for ABC, but when the pilot fell through, it was refashioned into director David Lynch’s ninth feature film. Frequently cited as one of the best films of the 21st century (and one of the best films of all time), Mulholland Drive blends horror, humor, melodrama, crime thriller and abstraction into something utterly unforgettable and all its own.
‘In the Cut’ (2003)
Working-class New York City teacher Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan) becomes embroiled in a grisly homicide when the dismembered arm of a murdered woman is found in her garden. Interrogated by the sexually aggressive Detective Giovanni Malloy (Mark Ruffalo), the pair’s relationship moves from professional to passionate. As bodies continue to pile up, Frannie suspects she may have already encountered the killer, in this gritty noir that dissects sex, gender and the horror of living in a man’s world.
When In the Cut released back in 2003, it was highly polarizing and panned by most critics. But the movie gained a cult following, and in recent years has seen critical reevaluation as a successful female erotic thriller that subverts misogynistic tropes like the femme fatale and the male gaze. With keen, intelligent direction from Jane Campion, In the Cut is a difficult but blistering examination of patriarchal power dynamics.
‘Her Smell’ (2018)
Self-destructive rock musician Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) helps to bring her band, Something She, into the spotlight with her immense talent, but that rise to fame is quickly dashed by Becky’s own behavior. Her Smell is told in five separate scenes from different periods of Becky’s life, highlighting her fraught relationships with her bandmates, her family, her ex-husband and her spiral to the bottom — from which perhaps she can finally find redemption.
Alex Ross Perry’s stressful yet captivating drama is a tour-de-force showcase for Moss, who commands the challenging role with unshakeable verve and total commitment to the character. Her Smell brings the toxic rock-and-roll lifestyle away from the glitz and glamor and into the ugly reality through the sharp script written by Perry. The movie co-stars Dan Stevens, Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson.
‘Down by Law’ (1986)
In New Orleans, three disparate men converge in a jail cell: Jack (John Lurie), a dispassionate pimp, Zack (Tom Waits), a listless disc jockey and Roberto (Roberto Benigni), a goofy Italian tourist arrested for a gambling dispute turned violent. Zack and Jack have both been set up for crimes they haven’t committed, and it’s Robert who finds a way for the three of them to escape from jail. The men, constantly at odds with one another, set out to evade capture and leave the state.
Famed indie director Jim Jarmusch crafts another uniquely American film about uniquely American anxieties. Funny and poetic, Down by Law is a grounded and hypnotic portrait of ennui, the idea of the American Dream and of longing for a better life but being too lazy to get there. Waits, Lurie and Benigni have incredible chemistry as three men forced to be in proximity of each other: Benigni as the impossibly cheerful Roberto, with Lurie and Waits only united by their sheer hatred of him.
‘Possessor’ (2020)
Corporate assassin Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) takes out targets with the use of brain implant technology, a delicate process that allows her to inhabit the bodies of others to complete her executions. Her newest assignment has her going into the body of Colin Tate (Christopher Abbott) to kill off CEO John Parse (Sean Bean). However, Tasya struggles with increasing symptoms of her work, and she begins to find herself disappearing into her new host.
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Brandon Cronenberg displays an inherited grasp of body horror akin to his father, the great David Cronenberg, in this surrealist, stylistic sci-fi slow-burn. Drenched in ample amounts of blood and viscera, Possessor also boasts an engrossing (if scant) narrative and compelling themes related to gender and identity, plus great lead performances from Abbott and Riseborough.
