After a short-but-sweet volunteer shift at KEXP‘s summer pledge drive, I headed downtown for movie number one.

Savage Grace stars Julianne Moore and Stephen Dillane as the heir to the Bakelite fortune and his wife. The Baekeland’s have a child, Tony, in 1940s New York City. As they subsequently traverse around Europe, young Tony becomes Mommy’s precious boy and virtually her sole companion. This is much to the detriment of all three family members. What happens between Tony and Mommy is “not normal”, but it happens quite beautifully. The locations, the costumes, the actors – all beautiful. Based on a true story.

Movie number two was the sensationally-titled Young People Fucking. This Canadian film focuses on five couples as they each navigate through a night of, well, fucking. Each with their own set of circumstances that, despite the title, are relatable to the modern sexual world at large. Funny and genuine, this film was actually a lot better than I expected. Of course I was half-way expecting some godawful drivel along the lines of London, so I was very pleasantly surprised.