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76. "Conversations with Other Women"
What a wonderfully simple story. A man and a woman that once knew each other and connect at a wedding. That's it. There are four, maybe five, speaking parts. In less than 90 minutes we get a good glimpse of why these two can't be together. Simple but great.

What groundbreaking camerawork. Using a split-screen, first time director Hans Canosa focuses on her two characters. Occasionally the frames will overlap. Occasionally we'll see flashbacks that might have happened or alternate endings to scenes. Think "Eternal Sunshine" but without any of the Michel Gondry effects. Canosa uses something simple like using two cameras at all times to create something wholly original.

I can't rave about this film enough. I seem to be enjoying works that could've or were plays. "Conversations with Other Women" would work as a play. With solid performances by Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter, the relationship seems real. All in all, watch this film.

Side note: Though I'm not sure if this is true since I read it on Wikipedia, it seems that the director cut the film herself because an editor that was brought in couldn't cut two cameras at the same time. Since Canosa never edited a film, she taught herself Final Cut Pro and did it all on a Mac.