Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Tragic reality, but as a story, very small indeed. In fact, to the point of tedium. Would have worked as a short or else needed an expanded narrative.
Soon-to-be-wife called this “wifeaganda” (due to Erzsébet’s near saintly levels of tolerance and forgiveness) and now I’m in the awkward position of defending a movie whose ideology I’m pretty sure I reject.
Still, staggeringly exceptional craft across the board. Like Brutalism itself, a monumental feat that is ultimately not for me.
If you watched John Wick and found yourself thinking, “This is cool, but I wish it was more like The Counselor,” then you might enjoy The Killer. For me? No, just no. I admire those who manage to salvage some critique of late capitalism because the killer uses our favorite convenience apps—ahem, well, the ones that paid up anyway (looking at you NyQuil, Equinox). But product placement ≠ critique. It’s a slickly shot ad, and under normal circumstances I would…