Experimenter
First screened in January 2016
Director: Michael Almereyda. Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Edoardo Ballerini, John Palladino, Jim Gaffigan, Ned Eisenberg, Anthony Edwards, Taryn Manning, Gameela Wright, Paul Lazar, Pascal Yen-Pfister, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Xavier Fan, Josh Hamilton, John Leguizamo, Michael Siberry, Lori Singer, Emily Tremaine, Mark Elliot Wilson, Anton Yelchin, Lucy Fava, Jude Patrick White. Screenplay: Michael Almereyda. Twitter Capsule:
Through the wall of Almereyda's affectations, I vaguely sense an even richer, more persuasive movie. Few shocks here.
VOR:③
I was not too persuaded by the movie's copious conceits and alienation effects but I grant it takes risks on them. Unusual, too, to see academic research tracked so closely.
