Kaka

Pedro Almodóvar is the Spanish Woody Allen. The core is always the same, just different variations. And so it is with Talk to Her, a sensitive, melancholic tale of oddballs that plays out an unconventional love story and bromance at the same time. The film doesn't stray from the director's artistic standard while bringing nothing particularly new to the table. A must in terms of adding substance, but it’s nothing special.

Unfortunately, Tulsa King falls apart like a house of cards in the middle and Taylor Sheridan has a hard time stumbling to a mediocre finale. And yet the beginning is exceedingly good, offering a fresh, entertaining and offbeat gangster series from an exotic setting and Stallone in a role that he could enjoy and realise as he needed to. It may not have the authenticity and bestiality of Scorsese's mid 90's flicks, but it can still offer a decent script and a typically neo-western, or perhaps cowboy, feel. That leaves the problem with the climax of the first season, which gradually devolves into the qualities of the better episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger in the second half, and that doesn't bode well.

A documentary-like camera stuck 90% on the protagonist alone doesn't necessarily make a good film, but it increases the rawness and authenticity and saves money for the filmmakers, as it allows them to "neglect" much of the sets and scenery, which are mostly out of focus, so you can guess what's going on but not always see what's happening. But Matyas Erdely is no Roger Deakins, so it starts to get very tiresome after about half an hour and even annoying after an hour. The immersion in the plot is also questionable, as there are moments in the film where a given directorial style perfectly captures the moment of a scene, but there are also passages that feel sloppy and cluttered because of it. Subjectively, it’s technically and conceptually flawed and unbalanced achievement, but one that depicts the "sounds of hell" of a concentration camp with uncompromising naturalism in terms of atmosphere. The content and testimonial value far exceeds the technical and artistic one.