Queen of Earth

a woman on the brink of insanity queen of earth is a decent indie movie. nothing spectacular, but certainly worth a watch if you like slow-burning psychological dramas. the movie is about catherine (elisabeth moss), a woman on the brink of insanity, who spends a week at a lakeside vacation house with her estranged best friend, virginia (katherine waterston). through flashbacks, we get to see the rather joyful person catherine was merely a year ago, who stands in stark contrast to the basket case she has become after some unfortunate events in her life. elisabeth moss stands out in the... read more

this was a hard one for me. i was interested in it for the mental issues, but the focus was overwhelmingly on the relationship between the leads, which mostly flew over my head without even a swoosh; worse, the flashback scenes of them talking about various things just did nothing for me. unlike persona, it didn't feel particularly complex; i just didn't get it because it was so foreign and i couldn't find a stable frame of reference that would allow me to conceptualize the whole. this is the caveat. i liked how the flashbacks were incorporated, in terms of execution; they had a natural flow... read more