I really liked The Sunlit Night, a 2019 indie film directed by David Wnendt and starring Jenny Slate that I watched on Hulu. She plays a struggling artist dealing with a breakup and family drama and takes an apprenticeship far up in Norway with an curmudgeonly older artist to paint a barn, during the late summer season where it’s 24-hour daylight. I liked how quiet and contemplative the film was, and how a lot of it was of her finding peace with herself, slowly bonding with the artist, painting a portrait of a grocery store worker, hanging out by the ocean in sweaters, and having a brief thing with a boyishly dorky-looking guy there to bury his father and reminding me of Harold in Harold and Maude. Jenny Slate has a natural and warm relatability to her, a unique beauty, and a sweet oddball voice. This was just a really lovely little film to watch tonight.
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