Moonrise Kingdom vs The Killer

Set on a fictional New England island in the 1960s, this film captures the innocence and intensity of first love. Two young runaways escape their stifling lives, prompting a search party led by the local scout master and the island's police captain. The film is a beautiful, nostalgic look at childhood and the adult world's inability to understand it. Its color palette of warm yellows and greens pe...

The Killer is a minimalist, procedural look at the life of a professional assassin. Stripped of the usual Hollywood flair, the film focuses on the mundane, repetitive, and often tedious nature of the job. It is a cold, methodical, and darkly funny character study that feels like a distillation of Finchers own perfectionist approach to filmmaking. With a stoic performance by Michael Fassbender, it...