Her Composition

The uniquely spellbinding "Her Composition" is a decidedly nuanced and ambitious film, and one that peels back layer upon layer of itself only to somehow expose the true intricacies of the artistically afflicted.

Played with a deft hand by Joslyn Jensen, Malorie is a conspicuously talented composition student at a New York art institute. Her personal life craters as the college term ends, leaving her on the hook to submit final work or risk expulsion. Confronted with real-life and real-time needs, Malorie becomes a call girl, and her expanding sense of her own body signals a shift in the film's attentions. Experiential realizations learned while she checks out during encounters bring a clarity to Malorie; soon that detachment gives rise to experientially sensed melodies she then transforms into collage, eventually revealing a full musical mapping of her journey.

"Her Composition" is a mesmerizing piece of storytelling - a proposed portrait of the machinations of artistic inspiration, and an angular presentation on artistic and female empowerment. Improbably, this aspirational film achieves every lofty watermark it sets out to reach. - (Was this review of use to you? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!)