Personal Shopper
Kristen Stewart is on spellbinding form in this offbeat Parisian art-house ghost story, a hasty reunion with CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (2014) director Olivier Assayas, who wrote the lead role especially for her. Stewart plays Maureen, a downtrodden personal assistant to a bitchy supermodel, whose lonely life on the sidelines of the glamor industry takes an intriguingly eerie turn following a family bereavement. Both director and star keep viewers guessing with subtle shifts in tone and register, creating an alluring blend of spooky highbrow genre exercise and psychological thriller. PERSONAL SHOPPER won multiple awards, with Assayas sharing Best Director prize at Cannes.
Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz
- Notes From Kim GordonKristen Stewart carries this whole film pretty much herself. The texting scene on the train is incredible in the suspense it builds. I also love how Olivier doesn’t use typical music from the horror genre but instead relies on sounds, like how exaggeratedly loud the creaking stairs are in the house where Maureen spends the night while waiting for a sign from her brother’s spirit from the beyond. Also, it’s funny to have someone be a self-proclaimed medium but unsure about anything she’s receiving.