The Royal Hotelis a horrifying, cautionary tale of men’s predatory tactics to isolate a woman from her protective friend and weasel their way into an advantageous position for their sexual impulses. Strapped for cash on vacation and taking up a service ad to bartend at a remote Australian pub...
The Royal Hotel In her debut narrative film, the workplace horror “The Assistant,” writer/directorKitty Greentook the most ordinary setting and made it a tense, nauseating psychological thriller. Pairing again withJulia Garner, her follow-up “The Royal Hotel,” co-written withOscar Redding, ...
Those reviews claiming that nothing happens or that the film is boring, most definitely weren't paying too close attention and expected something entirely different. Although the plot is quite simple, it does feel like it could be the plot to an episode of Two Broke Girls.This is definitely ...
The Royal Hotel shares a vibe with Alex Garland’s sophisticated horror film “Men” — an arty indictment of toxic masculinity that often felt like a lecture. But Green’s film doesn’t feel like that. The final scene will make you cheer, even if the ultimate message is murky. ...
The Royal Hotel: Directed by Kitty Green. With Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Herbert Nordrum, Dylan River. Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situati
through maybe once or twice a week. Like in Green’s previous feature, the office-setThe Assistant, The Royal Hotel film takes place largely in a single location that’s a world unto itself. (The production designer on The Assistant was Fletcher Chancey; on The Royal Hotel it is Leah ...
“The Royal Hotel,” the setting ofKitty Green’s ulcer-inducing thriller, is a sun-baked bar in a rural Australian mining town surrounded by terrain so monotone that Canadian backpackers Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) can’t keep their eyes open on the way in. The two ...
The theme of toxic masculinity is almost becoming a sub-genre of itself in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Films such asThe Royal Hotel(2023),How to Have Sex(2023)andMen(2022)are powerful genre films which take the manipulative, malevolent and violent aspect of men, utilizing it as bot...
The theme of toxic masculinity is almost becoming a sub-genre of itself in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Films such asThe Royal Hotel(2023),How to Have Sex(2023)andMen(2022)are powerful genre films which take the manipulative, malevolent and violent aspect of men, utilizing it as bot...
Churchill gives her cousin, Abigail Masham (Emma Stone), a menial job in the royal household after Abigail’s family has fallen from grace. Only too late does Sarah recognize that Abigail is a more-than-worthy rival for the queen’s affections. While the film is hard to bear, it’s ...