Enjoy old or unusual movies? Here’s a review: “Out of Darkness” (2024): Made at the end of the first year of COVID-19, this film basically sat on the shelf for four years before finally getting a low-key release. That’s a shame, because while it’s not great, it’s certainly interesting and entertaining. It tells the story of a motley band of Stone Age humans searching for a new home across the inhospitable and chilly wilds of Scotland.
The performances are excellent, the cool made-up language (based on Basque) is fun, and the cinematography is gorgeous. It was sold as a horror film, but it’s really not. As a fable about survival and family, it’s worth seeing.
Out of Darkness | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street // via Bleecker Street on YouTube Now rentable on Apple+ and Amazon Prime “Dunkirk” (1958): No, not the big famous one directed by Christopher Nolan. I’m talking about the one starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough (and about a thousand other British actors). The movie presents a 1940 England who’s not really convinced that the war is everything the government is telling them it’s cracked up to be.
There’s a lot of ambivalence about the UK’s role in the conflict. That is, until 40,000 French and English troops became trapped on the beach in Dunkirk, France. This is the story of how everyone came together to try to evacuate these brave sitting ducks.
It’s very well acted and well-written. Now streaming on BFI Classics “Godzilla Min.