Favorite New Films: Bronson
posted by The Joe
Four Favorite New Films in three weeks? Either 2010’s off to a great start for film, or I’ve been very generous lately. Probably both, since I still feel bad about never writing one of these for Princess & the Frog. Seriously people, that film was fantastic.
Anyway. Bronson. It’s actually been months since I saw the film, so I can’t give much in the way of thorough criticism (when do I ever?). But the film has one of the best performances of last year (this is technically a 2009 film) in the form of Tom Hardy, one of the best soundtracks of last year, and has an incredibly fun sense of humor and style, especially in the fight scenes. With this and the criminally under-seen Pusher trilogy, Nicolas Winding Refn has probably become the best European director you’ve never heard of . . . whose name isn’t Roy Andersson.
The film got screwed out of a nice American release, so your only chance to see it on the big screen in the Twin Cities is either tonight or tomorrow at midnight over at the Uptown Theatre.
U.K. Trailer