A ★★★★½ review of Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

I am a sucker for courtroom dramas but if I never hear P.I.M.P by 50 Cent again it won’t be too soon. At least the movie didn’t ruin Dolly Partin’s Jolene for me.  A man falls from the top floor of his chalet in France. Did he commit suicide or did his wife kill him? This winner of 2024’s Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is a Wow of a film. It is one of the best courtroom dramas to hit the cinemas since The Verdict in 1982. It deservedly won the Palme D’or at Cannes.  It’s about relationships as