From Daddy Longlegs to Uncut Gems, filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie thrive in high-octane environments with chaotic heroes. Their four features to date show a singular preoccupation with anxiety-driven protagonists without ever losing humanity, finds Kambole Campbell
From Daddy Longlegs to Uncut Gems, filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie thrive in high-octane environments with chaotic heroes. Their four features to date show a singular preoccupation with anxiety-driven protagonists without ever losing humanity, finds Kambole Campbell
In our monthly subscriber-only essay Daniel Spicer has a Proustian rush listening to Elvis Presley's career concluding single Way Down, is reminded of the fragility of existence and is catapulted back into a childhood of ageing teds, biker gangs and wyrd Cornish magic...