It holds that any performance by Andrew Garfield, on screen or stage, will be worth seeing, no matter the content. After watching “Under the Silver Lake,” a self-described “neo-noir thriller” by writer-director David Robert Mitchell (“It Follows”), I’m still a firm believer in this rule, perhaps even more so — because only a legendarily committed actor like Garfield could make such an ambitiously murky (or murkily ambitious?) “Under the Silver Lake,” so named for the hipster LA neighbourhood where it takes place, is the story of Sam (Garfield), a 33-year-old … well, we’re searching for a noun here, but it’s not clear what Sam does, or is. The dog detail is important, because a dog killer seems to be on the loose in Silver Lake, terrifying the neighbourhood. “Under the Silver Lake,” an A24 release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America “for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, language throughout and some drug use.” Running time: 139 minutes.

Source: National Post April 17, 2019 19:18 UTC