In the early days of MovieNight, one of our guests recommended a film called Ratcatcher. She claimed that I would love it. After a quick trip down to Kim’s video in St. Marks Place (those were the days…) I discovered that she was right. Ratcatcher is remarkable. Although officially in “English”, the dialect in Ratcatcher is heavily Glaswegian (Scottish is hard at the best of times, but Glaswegian is, well, “Fuck yoooo Jimmah!”), but thankfully, the Criterion DVD is presented with English subtitles. Ratcatcher charmed us in such a way the we moved right along to the next Lynne Ramsay feature, Morvern Callar, a tense thriller that gave Samantha Morton another opportunity to shine, early in her career. Ramsay’s attention to detail is phenomenal.

We Need to Talk About Kevin marked Ramsay’s return to film-making after an absence of nine years… why this absence occurred remains unknown to me, but I’m happy to say that the intervening years have done nothing to dull her film-making skills. Kevin is mesmerizing from its opening feast of non linear-imagery (just watch… don’t bother trying to figure it out) to its shocking end. Gasps were heard… applause followed. Thank you, Lynne. Please don’t keep us waiting another nine years… unless that works best for you.

Oh yeah… and Tilda. What can I say? Thank you, too.

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