Chatterbox - still talking nonsense

I have already written about quite a few films I watched this year, and so this isn't an inclusive list by any means, more of a brain dump of the recent movies that made an impression on me.   Saltburn Lush and stylish with fabulous actors giving great performances.  Just love Rosamund Pike in particular as the rich mother, and Jacob Elordi absolutely nails the effortlessly beautiful rich boy.  The intended and actual star though is Barry Keoghan as Oliver and he is excellent throughout, keeping us on our toes with his motives, and deserves credit for keeping a straight face in some of his scenes! Giving Brideshead and Ripley vibes, despite a criminal underuse of Carey Mulligan I enjoyed this even though it’s not as clever or as deep as it thinks it is.  It made me laugh quite a lot, mostly when I was supposed to, particularly with the couple of gratuitous scenes which anyone who has seen it will be able to identify immediately.  I have never seen a bathtub...

I found it very inconvenient that I have to go to work, otherwise I would have bought lots more tickets but I did get to see a few things over the past week… All Of Us Strangers As it’s not going to have a general release for a while I was really keen to see this with the cast of four amazing actors.  I don’t want to give any spoilers but this film about grief, love, loss and loneliness is just beautiful with sensitive and moving performances from all.  Just love Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal together - the energy each can create on a screen by themselves could power small towns and so together they are stunning.  And Claire Foy and Jamie Bell are just so delicate in creating a pair of parents from the eighties.  Great soundtrack too.  In my practical head though I am wondering what happens after the film ends.  It was my first time going to a gala performance at the LFF and we only realised at the last minute that there was a red carpet so we took the oppor...