Detailing the remarkable true story
of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha - Raw), born to an aristocratic father and slave mother in 19th century England, and telling a Jane Austen -
ish love story against the backdrop
of a legal case that was crucial in ending slavery in Britain, it might not be the most formally adventurous
film of any director on this list (though it is undeniably Well Made in a classical sense), but that almost
feels deliberate.
«Alps «As extraordinary a
film as Georgos Lanthimos «debut «Dogtooth» was, there was something about its Fritzl -
ish premise that seemed like it was riding the zeitgeist (even if it marched firmly to the beat
of its own drum), and I wondered how the director would fare with something that
felt less ripped from the headlines.