THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS – ★★★☆

Low budget American film set in Utah, about the relationship of a couple, post-separation. I’m not against long slow scenes in films to build impact, and some of them were well done, but there were many where it felt like it was padding to make this story movie-length. That said, like a good western, the slow pace made some of the climactic scenes all the more tense when they happened. Special mention too for the sound work.

I USED TO GO HERE – ★★★

Disappointed by this comedy/drama starring Jermaine Clement (Many great NZ films) and Gillian Jacobs (Community, Love). The story is about a recently published author going back to her university town, and spending a few days there reliving her past. It wasn’t terrible, but it just didn’t feel like it knew what it wanted to be. You could see the parts that were meant to be funny or dramatic, but they didn’t connect. Ultimately I didn’t feel connected with the characters, or really see the point that was trying to be made.