becalmed

First seen cycling his city’s streets day and night with a becalmed sense of ownership, Holland’s Roger is a die-hard Brooklynite none too happy with the smoothing over of his cherished neighborhoods by “obscene” money.

The constitutional question, so vital for the past decade, seems becalmed after the general election result.

Instead Root becalmed the situation with flawless defence, perfect judgement and endless determination.

On an imaginary island off the coast of some enemy state that exists only in fantasy, a navy is becalmed.

At key moments, the movie breaks with realism entirely, drawing us into its heroine’s subconscious with surreal yet oddly becalmed flourishes.