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Kaili Blues 2015
I was floored when I first watched Kaili Blues in early 2019 - as my first real introduction to Chinese film, slow cinema, and (frankly) film that de-emphasized prosaic narrative over poetic meaning, I genuinely struggled to understand what I found so compelling about it after my first viewing. That said, even then, it was utterly magnetic. The spiraling, interweaving narrative carries you through scenes that are constantly visually engaging and breathtaking. Nothing is ever left on the screen for…
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Megalopolis 2024
After collecting my thoughts on Megalopolis for a while and talking it through with some of my friends: it's home to some of the best sequences that I've ever seen in a movie and some of the worst. Performances oscillate between feeling like they're divinely inspired and making great actors seem like rec-league washouts. There's a collection of moments, mostly around the film's second act - Cesar's drive through the rain, everything at the Colosseum, the conversation on the girders,…
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