Eileen
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- cold
Heavy, measured, measured thriller / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.
Our read · Eileen (2023) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Eileen
What watching it is actually like.
“You want icy sixties New England dread with a friendship that curdles.”
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The reading.
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