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The Brutalist 2024
The Brutalist is both epic in scale and deeply resonant on a personal level, successfully blending its monumental themes with an intimate human story. It tackles a wide range of subjects yet handles them so well that the movie itself feels like a towering brutalist structure that bears the thematic weight without crumbling.
It’s also one of the most striking films in recent memory that's shot, scored, and acted absolutely beautifully, with Vistavision feeling like IMAX where every frame has…Translated from by -
Anora 2024
Anora is Sean Baker doing Sean Baker things, but to the n-th degree in every single aspect, and with one flavor of the American melting pot, that is deeply familiar to some of us, taking the spotlight.
It starts strong, if somewhat predictable, but then goes into absolute overdrive in the second act and doesn’t let go until the last two scenes — which are as sublime as they are heartbreaking.
Everyone’s great here (Borisov, with his somber, Bogart-esque gaze,…Translated from by
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Fallen 1998
It should’ve been just a straight-up cop-on-a-job thriller because Fallen is at its best when it’s just Denzel, Goodman, and Gandolfini working the case and shooting shit. But instead, for some inexplicable reason, we get this cheesy yet self-serious ancient demon possession nonsense… Why?
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Paddington in Peru 2024
How often can you say, “This is the weakest of the three movies... and I loved it!”?
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The Kid Detective 2020
After the first 30 minutes, I thought I knew what this movie was — a solid modern neo-noir trying to land somewhere between Brick and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (two great films that I love, so not a bad thing at all in my book).
But then it gets really funny. Like really laugh-out-loud funny, while still staying true to classic film noir beats. And then it gets even better yet again when it finds its emotional core and expands…
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The Cranes Are Flying 1957
This feels like the moment modern cinema was truly born — not just technically, but emotionally. Film is no longer just about evoking feelings; it’s about shattering the screen barrier and carrying genuine empathy into the real world.
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