During In Retrospect Magazine‘s brief run I occasionally got the opportunity to write a review or two and, as I was particularly impressed by Woody Allen’s love affair with the golden age of Hollywood; Café Society, I thought I’d pop a review on our on-line ‘Dispatches‘ to encourage others to go see it.
As a hopeless romantic I absolutely loved this film. It is sumptuously filmed in over-saturated, sun-drenched splendour capturing the look and feel of 1930s Los Angeles perfectly. Not only does it look great but the story arc of unrequited love is just the right amount of heart-string pulling and the journey the characters take is convincing and, ultimately, doesn’t really go anywhere. It’s not a film full of plot-twists, revelations, action sequences, or over-the-top screaming, shouting, door-flinging passion; it’s a gentle and ultimately ‘quiet’ story, which is bound to put a lot of people off. It’s just what I look for in a film.
But I defy anyone to not fall in love with Kristen Stewart’s Vonnie, she’s completely perfect in her role as Eisenberg’s unrequited love, their screen time together has an absolute realness to it and their transformation, both together and in their separate lives is perfectly played out. Oh, and she rocks the bobby-sock and heels look like no one else.
You can read the full article here: https://inretrospectmagazine.com/dispatches/cafe-society/
