Suspiria (2018) | Dir. Luca Guadagnino
The PLOT: An American dancer joins a prestigious dance company in Berlin where strange things are afoot. The CAST: Tilda Swinton, Tilda Swinton, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson The GOOD: Tilda Swinton. Let's just get that out of the way. My wife and I went into this movie blind, and I'd encourage you to do the same if you have little/no familiarity with the original. Beyond her performance, several elements of this movie contain technically perfect examples of the various facets of film: editing, lighting, acting, writing, dialogue, camera angles, plot, pacing, the actual dancing, the MUSIC (Thom Yorke kills it on this one). If I were a smarter man and capable of teaching, I would use this film as an example of how to take a rather mundane plot and turn it into something spectacular that can only truly be appreciated through a medium like film. The BAD: While Dakota Johnson definitely shines better than in other films she's been in, there are aspects of her performance t...