Joan of Arc set against the backdrop of the Red Army Faction and a bourgeoning surveillance state in West Germany.
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Dying 1976
Becoming increasingly convinced that documentary is the highest form of cinema.
My older brother died of brain cancer seven years ago. For this or that reason, I wasn’t there at the end. I’ve always been wracked with guilt for not being there, with him, and my sisters, and my then-adolescent niece and nephew. I didn’t expect to think about this so much today, but then I watched Dying.
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The Brutalist 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If it’s a masterpiece, it’s a confused one. And I suppose I haven’t got much else to say about that until I see it again next week.
From the moment the film opened, its grandiosity is on display, and my tears weren’t too far behind. The first-half is equal parts joyful, coy, ominous, and tense—sensations all beautifully captured on VistaVision.
“Steel, steel, steel…”
The second-half was grim, a trip into the “hard core” of so much: addiction, marriage, labor, loyalty,…
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