Vin Diesel might’ve gotten some of the credit for bringing the movies back with F9: The Fast Saga, but it takes a new film from legendary, Oscar-winning filmmaker Jane Campion to make it true. The director’s latest, The Power Of The Dog, has what we need: lovingly photographed vistas of the American West, slimy tension and emotional fury brought to you by Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst, and the arthouse’s number one boy of the moment Jesse Plemons. Hell friggin’ yeah, the movies are back.
The trailer’s centerpiece is Cumberbatch, who has finally settled on an American accent that works for him (because his Doctor Strange one never really did the trick for this writer). His menacing stares hone in on his brother’s wife Rose (Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee), who makes paper flowers to Burbank’s mocking bemusement.
Though she spent the 2010s spearheading the Emmy-winning Top Of The Lake starring Elisabeth Moss, Campion hasn’t made a feature film since film since 2009’s Bright Star. So we’re happy she could return to movies and bring them back to us.
The Power Of The Dog will hit select theaters in November and stream on Netflix on December 1. Let’s go!
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