Filth and Wisdom

"Scraggly and aimless, a little cartoonish but highly personable." - Ed Gonzalez

The horror.

Worth a watch

As a director Madonna's understanding of subtlety and nuance is akin to a stiff punch to the gut. She doesn't get it at all. Incomprehensible at times and pretentious in others, there isn't that much reason to watch it. I skipped some of the more arduous scenes that were hard to get through. Doing this made the movie easier to watch. The immigrant storyline which takes place in London is mildly interesting. The problem is that Madonna doesn't know how to bring her ideas and observations

"Madonna's got her Godard down!"

Artistically non-comforting and so honest.

This movie was surprisingly convincing. I had the association while watching it that Madonna split into two personalities and projected them on her two main actresses in this movie. These two actresses, Holly Weston and Vicky McClure, appear as two sides of Madonna's personality - in a visual way, too. The movie reminded me of Woody Allen's narrative style and the camera seems to switch between video clip aesthetics of the 90ies and contemporary fashion photography. Definitely worth wa