Thoughts on 7 Random Movies from 2019
Elizabeth Moss rains fire and brimstone as the scurrilous rock goddess Becky Something, a feral, untamable beast of a character, inflicting abuse upon her band mates and inner circle. Becky’s vitriol is so intense even us, as paying audience members, can’t avoid being hit with shrapnel; she acts as if possessed by some ramped up, adrenaline-burning demon, only coming to a pause upon concussion. The role is a career-best showcase for Moss, and the film, “Her Smell”, a different stratosphere for its creator, the fecund indie workhorse Alex Ross Perry. Wide in scope, spanning a downhill slide all the way to one final stab at redemption, the film feels like a sizable leap forward from anything the filmmaker has done in the past, a bold vision seen all the way through, leaving the audience with the feeling there was no compromise, each frame as intact as first conception. Thrashing through the first hour plus, bluntness a prerogative and erraticism a set course, the film starts with some