Fantastic performances from the three leads and Minnie Driver. But the final act was a mess. We don’t need answers! Just wrap the film up with the frustration and loss and bafflement of the couple, who are left simple to wonder what they did wrong. (Nothing, of course, but you don’t have to contrive a backstory for Vikander’s character to tell us so explicitly.) They also so deeply undermine any emotional connection one might have to Patel by suggesting he’s…
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Moonstruck 1987
What a delight. Such a great balance and knowingness to both the script and the performances. Saw it at the Paris with a crowd that was completely charmed.
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The Parallax View 1974
So many incredibly composed shots, starting with the first one. I genuinely love the Freudian mumbo jumbo of the psychologist with the chimp and the sort of programming montage.
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The King of Comedy 1982
The scenes where DeNiro is acting out his delusions were just incredible.
I couldn’t help but see some of Donald Trump in Pupkin. His petty grievances; his desire not to get played (“Better to be king for a day than schmuck for a lifetime”); his assumption that what success means is to lord over people, to have them grovel and flatter and most of all, apologize, when in actuality successful people often just want to be left alone.
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