Writer/director Andrea Arnold has long been a favorite at MovieNight. Of her previous works, Red Road (2006) and Fish Tank (2009)* have lit up our screen and thrilled our audiences. This time, she immersed us in a world of drifting American kids – on the road, selling magazines, partying and getting wasted. Although there’s not so much of a story to American Honey, it matters little. The action is enthralling, the casting is amazing (Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf rock), and each shot is absolutely gorgeous to look at, and feel part of… all 163 minutes.

Many of you were already away when we screened this, and I was briefly tempted to re-screen it, but there are just too many great movies to show you right now. At least there’s that to look forward to in 2017!

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*Wuthering Heights (2011) is the only one of her films that I missed, somehow, but it’s just been added to my to-see list. I can only imagine how Ms. Arnold does Emily Bronte!