With this a later entry in her filmography Chantal Akerman showcases her iconic and influential style but always in an obvious tone and at a distance.
While the film’s delicate pacing has been emulated in various ways since, Akerman was always comfortable with it, yet, here the sparse runtime is more than necessary. The film might be one of her most visually stunning, with the night’s photography lending a sense of importance to the distant characters in view. Our voyeuristic gaze…
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A Whole Night 1982
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Baby Invasion 2024
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Baby Invasion (the demo ?) is somehow a captivating experience providing you can submit to it, that proves to be engrossing despite its chaotic nature. Korine’s inventive dreamscapes and dynamic visual transitions stood out for me, creating an immersive atmosphere that pushes the boundaries of conventional filmmaking.
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Anora 2024
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From the very apt and very Baker-esque title sequence, a smirk I would not lose for the entire first act of the phenomenal Anora presented itself, one where in absolute joy I wanted to break into laughter, not least in it following Red Rockets opening but because I just knew this was my director and he had us all where he wanted within two minutes.Anora, which, in trying to give value to explaining the plot outside…
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Emilia Pérez 2024
I am unclear about how Emilia Perez came to be or why, how, and when the acclaimed 72-year-old and fave of my own French director Jacques Audiard decided to transform this once-extended opera (a genre he has never shown interest in, to my knowledge) into a bilingual commercial musical- for fucking Netflix studios lol.
It’s bizarre, and result is perhaps equally so.If the introduction suggests any bias toward Audiard, I’ll admit that, as important as he is, I will…
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