<em>Gemini</em> Is a Low-Key L.A. Murder Mystery
Aaron Katz’s stylish new film stars Lola Kirke, John Cho, and Zoe Kravitz as Hollywood denizens who get caught up in a whodunit.
opens with an upside-down image of palm trees, silhouetted against the L.A. night sky and hanging from the top of the frame like portentous, spindly bats. A jazzy, synthy score kicks in, and the camera slowly swings around until things are right-side-up. Or are they? In Aaron Katz’s new thriller, something strange is afoot in La La Land, and soon enough there will be a murder plot to untangle. Buta neo-noir—call it a -noir, a moody little slice of pulp fiction that ends up satisfying the eyes more than the mind.
