Harvest (2024)
First screened in October 2024
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari. Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Harry Melling, Arinzé Kene, Rosy McEwen, Frank Dillane, Neil Leiper, Grace Jabbari, Maya Bonniwell, Thalissa Teixeira, Noor Dillan-Night, Gary Maitland, Antonia Quirke, Emma Hindle, Mitchell Robertson, Stephen McMillan. Screenplay: Joslyn Barnes and Athina Rachel Tsangari (based on the novel by Jim Crace). In Brief:
Odd, intriguing meld of Medievalist socioeconomic history and a big-budget Christopher Lee yarn. Unsure about total impact.
VOR:④
I appreciated the scale, detail, and strangeness of this vision, especially its mix of realism and Hammer and its refusal of a clear center.