Joanna Hogg is one of my favorite filmmakers working right now. She is constantly pushing the envelope and making interesting choices when it comes to her movies. The Souvenir Part II is (obviously) the sequel to The Souvenir (2019) and you really need to have seen the first movie to appreciate Part II. Hogg picks…
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Let’s just get this out of the way now. You will probably only enjoy Mank if you’re a cinephile or if you seriously love Citizen Kane and/or Orson Welles. If you don’t fit into any of those categories I’d advise you to just go ahead and skip this one. Mank is short for Herman Mankiewicz.…
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Confession: I have never seen any of writer/director Joanna Hogg’s other films. So you’ll have to excuse me if I ramble on about things that are just her usual style. Rest assured, I will be seeing her other three films shortly. I went to see her latest film, The Souvenir, a week ago, but I…
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