Film: Eye in the Sky

This group is for relaxed discussion of recent foreign films - of all types, from any country. We keep the number of meeting participants small so everyone has an equal opportunity to speak. In addition, our aim is not to be technical film critics. The goal is to search out films that give us an alternative cultural, social, political viewpoint - a viewpoint that comes from the rest of the world outside the US. And our main interest is in character development, relationships, and story.

As Scott Roxborough of the Hollywood Reporter puts it:
“Hollywood has stopped making movies for adults, with a few exceptions. That leaves room for the Europeans, who only make films for adults.”

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Eye in the Sky is a 2015 British war/political thriller film, starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman, directed by Gavin Hood. The film explores the ethical challenges of drone warfare & collateral damage.

Critics consensus: “As taut as it is timely, Eye in the Sky offers a powerfully acted -- and unusually cerebral -- spin on the modern wartime political thriller.”

“To their enormous credit, director Gavin Hood and writer Guy Hibbert offer no easy answers and take no easy outs, electing instead to keep viewers as conflicted and uncomfortable as the characters on the screen.”

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye_in_the_sky

The film can be streamed from Kanopy (the free public library online film streaming service), Apple TV, Fandango, Prime Video, and possibly elsewhere.