Wow. It was a great Thanksgiving weekend for movies. All three pictures I reviewed for Patch this week could be possible top 10 of the year contenders: David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method," Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" and Michel Hazanavicius's "The Artist."
"Method" is a cerebral take on the birth of psychoanalysis, with Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen dueling it out as Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, respectively. Caught between their battle for the future of the "talking cure" is Sabina Spielren, played with intensity by Keira Knightley. The picture may not immediately appear to be a likely choice for Cronenberg, but it fits perfectly into his oeuvre. It's one of the year's best.
Both Scorsese's 3D fantasy, "Hugo," and "The Artist" are loving tributes to classic cinema. The former actually includes pioneer George Melies as a character, while the second comes off as the best, unreleased film of 1927. Each film is moving in its own way.
Check out my Patch reviews for all three films.
This coming weekend, I'll review Steve McQueen's controversial new picture, "Shame." Other possibilities include "My Week with Marilyn," Julia Leigh's "Sleeping Beauty," "The Yellow Sea" or Ralph Fiennes's "Coriolanus."
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