★★★
Screens dominate Searching, the feature debut of ex-Google videographer Aneesh Chaganty, just as they do modern life. Whether this is for the best or worst, the film is not entirely certain, being both technophilic and phobic. The result is a sturdy thriller that’s smart visual execution is as enlightening as it is limiting.
★★★
This is a film in which exquisite performers deliver tremendous speeches and yet oddly manage to say very little. It all looks gorgeous but that’s really part of the problem.
★★★★★
On face value, Lucky is a parabolic indie drama about isolation and inclusion, age and mortality. But one should never take a film on face value. This is, in fact, a final act, almost documentarian, ode to and showcase for its star: the late, great Harry Dean Stanton.
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