Her- Movie Review by Sean Wu

Finally, I can shut the book on 2013. And there is no better way to cap out the year with Her, the best film of 2013. As a whole, this bizarrely beautiful Spike Jonze love story is so perfect because of three scenes:

First, after Joaquin Phoenix's mopey Theodore Twombly meets his OS, he brings her to work to help him proofread his letters he's ghostwriting. His system Samantha reads them out loud at first, and Theodore tells her she doesn't have to. She responds with an unenthusiastic and somewhat disappointed okay. An awkward silence falls occurs, and Theodore tells her that she can. She responds with an enthusiastic and jovial "Okay!"

The scene, on paper, sounds good. But on the screen, it's beautiful. Scarlett Johansson performs so brilliantly with just her voice alone, my heart honestly melted at the moment she said the second "Okay!". Maybe because the OS voice is so human and so familiar that I was able to relate to Samantha on a human level.

Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)- Movie Review

2013 marks the year of cinematic beauty. Visually,  Terrence Malick's To the Wonder presented the ideas of undying love in fields of eternal wheat, and Shane Carruth's Upstream Color discussed the eternal longevity of life, transferred from organism to organism. Based on poetic reality, there was the warm hearted Before Midnight and the youthful The Spectacular Now. 

But the most beautiful film of the year (so far) is debut director David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints. It is a postcard of a film: You are invited to see only small blips of Texan life that happens to form a cohesive narrative. It is a film with humanity so deep and soft, that it aches the heart. It is one of the year's best films, and a masterpiece of the decade.

Spike Jonze's latest: Her (2013)

I'm way too late for this, but it's better late than never: The spectacularly relevant trailer for Spike Jonze's latest: Her, with a Joaquin Phoenix, and a particularly attractive female supporting cast.

Trailer below:

Ain't Them Bodies Saints trailer!

Finally. This looks glorious.

Ain't Them Bodies Saint's poster!

Prior to its Cannes screening, we now have a poster! 

Ain't Them Bodies Saints clip!

I've been waiting for this for awhile now. Certainly looks Malickian... I hope the dialogue improves a little, to be honest.