Take the anti-nostalgic magical realism of “Midnight in Paris,” fuse it with the feminine psychodrama of Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona,” then dip it in a giallo horror color palette.
The result would be something like Edgar Wright’s new action thriller “Last Night in Soho.”The British filmmaker tends to riff on the conventions of a single genre or style for each film, exploding and subverting them with his boundless creativity and vast knowledge of the form.
Here, Wright pushes his own craft by hybridizing formats and delving more profoundly into thematic territory than any film since “Hot Fuzz.” He’s…The post Last Night in Soho Review: Edgar Wright Evolves, If Not Improves, His Familiar Form [Venice 2021] appeared first on /Film.
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