May December

[C’est la VoR]

AKA Julianne Moore and Todd 'Far From Heaven' Haynes reunite in a movie (very) loosely based on a true story about a 30-something school teacher who seduced a 12 year old student and subsequently married him (after a spell in prison, obviously!).



LOVED this! A perfect blend of camp, soapy and sinister all at once - I could totally imagine it as an Almodovar film in many ways. Moore is a fabulously complex portrayal of a true MONSTER and the scenes where she and Portman are sort of warily circling each other absolutely crackle. Charles Melton as the husband is really impressive too.

And the score! I can't remember the last time a music drop made me laugh out loud but it happened multiple times here. It really leans into that cheesy 90s erotic thriller vibe, very The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. The whole film is actually subtly VERY FUNNY, despite the dark subject matter.

Unreservedly recommend, I can well imagine it being one of those films that movie gays speak of in HUSHED TONES for decades to come...

 

[Debbie Jellinsky]

Isn't this supposed to be streaming on Netflix as of today? I can't find it. US only?

 

[C’est la VoR]

I was wondering why nobody but me had bothered yet!

It seems like it’s now on premiering Sky Movies on 8th December. I saw it in the cinema, it’s on limited release.

 

[Krustmas]

And the score! I can't remember the last time a music drop made me laugh out loud but it happened multiple times here. It really leans into that cheesy 90s erotic thriller vibe, very The Hand That Rocks The Cradle.

Love that scene early on where Moore opens the fridge and you get a "Melrose Place" sound

A bit silly that this is not on Netflix internationally right now which means that you just pirate from Netflix US or use a VPN.

 

[Krustmas]

Totally see your Almodovar reference and I want to add that there is some David Lynch in the depiction of suburbia.

 

[C’est la VoR]

The fridge scene was my biggest LOL of the movie. The clip seems to be doing the rounds on gay twitter but I really don't want to spoil it for anybody as it's such a fabulous WTF moment that really sets the tone for the whole film.

 

[C’est la VoR]

Oh what the hell

Spoiler: Spoiler (ish)

 

[Debbie Jellinsky]

Ok this was camp as tits in parts (the score!) but it also fell a bit flat for me. The fridge scene is an instant classic though. Moore and Portman were ACTING, the scenery chewing was off the charts.

 

[Logic?]

This was fabulous. Portman and Moore were totally outshone by Charles Melton though. His performance was OUTSTANDING.

He seems to be winning some early important awards too. Give him the Supporting Oscar!

 

[C’est la VoR]

It’s streaming in the UK on Sky Cinema/NOW TV if anyone’s interested.

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

It’s streaming in the UK on Sky Cinema/NOW TV if anyone’s interested.

I thought it was going to be on Netflix. No wonder I couldn’t find it.

 

[C’est la VoR]

It’s been on Netflix in the US for about a week, but for some reason Sky got the distribution rights here.

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

This was camp, camp, CAMP!

Enjoyed every second and yes, of course, the fridge scene. Also, those historical tabloids were such a scream. I’ll be watching it again.

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

And those piano chords!

 

[jivafox]

These two on the promo trail has been SO WEIRD but I love that they are fulfilling every gay intern's dream





"Sorry...friend "

 

[C’est la VoR]

Ranked #1 in Slant Magazine’s Best Movies of 2023.

The 25 Best Films of 2023 - Slant Magazine

It’s no surprise that the milieus of our favorite films of the year invariably thrive on the fringes.

www.slantmagazine.com

Todd Haynes’s best films refract reality through layers of artifice, inviting converts and skeptics alike to confront truths even as they struggle to recalibrate their own center of gravity. First-time screenwriter Samy Burch’s riff on the Mary Kay Letourneau statutory rape scandal was already fully rigged-up with funhouse mirrors reflecting America’s love-hate relationship with tabloid disgrace. But May December’s all-too-predictable reception in the hothouse of social media only confirms the driving force behind Haynes’s fearless, confrontational idiosyncrasy. “Is Natalie Portman a great actress or a terrible one lucking into the perfect role? Is depicting trauma actually perpetrating it? Is it Sirkian? Is it not Sirkian enough? Is it camp?”

Here’s one more question: Does anyone actually receive movies anymore, or do they only filter them through their own matrix of preconceived polemical positions? Portman’s soap opera actress clumsily embedding herself in others’ notorious lives in order to score an award-worthy part is, along with the couple played by Julianne Moore and Charles Melton belatedly wrestling with the original sin at the heart of their marriage, simultaneously tragedy andcomedy. Haynes, maybe for the first time since Safe, sustains both flawless control and profound complexity of tone, peeling back the layers of pretense we all increasingly adapt in order to protect ourselves—our best selves, our worst selves, our public selves, our human selves.

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

Gets a best picture nod at the Golden Globes (Musical or Comedy) and all 3 get acting nods.

 

[Suedehead]

I think I will get MAY DECEMBER tattooed on me to be honest. I can't even.

 

[C’est la VoR]

Loved this

 

[Suedehead]

I’m rewatching it today. What a film!!

 

[Suedehead]

"Someone's calling from the network, I gotta go. Love you."

*puts on lipstick and pouts*

 

[C’est la VoR]

Amazing

 

[C’est la VoR]

Todd Haynes’ latest isn’t off to a good start…



Honestly just call Julianne again.

 

[Debbie Jellinsky]

Todd Haynes’ latest isn’t off to a good start…



Honestly just call Julianne again.

Apparently it was supposed to be a sexually VERY explicit gay romance that would have CHALLENGED audiences. I guess they could rewrite it so Julianne could munch some rug.

 

[C’est la VoR]

Apparently it was supposed to be a sexually VERY explicit gay romance that would have CHALLENGED audiences.

Todd Haynes to Paul Mescal:

 

[Debbie Jellinsky]

Todd Haynes to Paul Mescal:

Nicholas Galitzine and Josh O'Connor already waiting by the phone to steal yet another role from a gay actor (I'm joking, they can play whatever they like)