二月最值得一看的国外佳片(2)

导演约翰·李·汉考克（曾执导《大梦想家》和《弱点》）在1993年编写剧本时，《蛛丝马迹》原本是一部当代新黑色侦探悬疑片。近三十年后，当汉考克终于开始导演这部故事发生在遥远的黑暗时代的电影时，它已然成了历史片。那时候，不是每个警察都有手机，也没有DNA追踪技术。三名奥斯卡获奖者出演了这部电影：丹泽尔·华盛顿饰演精疲力竭的警长，拉米·马雷克饰演刻板的警察小队长，杰瑞德·莱托饰演令人毛骨悚然的洛杉矶系列谋杀案头号嫌疑犯。Polygon网站的罗伯特·丹尼尔斯评价说：“这部电影可能是汉考克的最佳作品，在该片中，汉考克举重若轻地呈现了一个扣人心弦的惊悚片。”
straitlaced ["streit"leist]: adj. 严格的；固执的；刻板的
Released on 29 January in the US and Canada, 12 February in UK and Ireland
该片于1月29日在美国和加拿大上映，2月12日在英国和爱尔兰上映。

(Credit: A24 Films)
Minari《米纳里》
Lee Isaac Chung"s autobiographical drama has had glowing reviews, but it has also been the source of controversy. Most of the dialogue is in Korean, so the organisers of the Golden Globes put it in the Foreign Language Film category. But Minari is also the tale of a US family working on a small farm in Arkansas in the 1980s, so some commentators have argued that calling its language "foreign" is outdated and insulting. Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Times says that the film "feels like a balm right now, a gentle, truthful and tender story of family filled with kind people trying to love one another the best they can. "