This film may not be doing anything spectacular in regard to cinematography, plot, or acting. However, it does what it does well. There can be some (valid) discomfort around the fact that this is a dramatization that takes some liberties of a very true and horrific event. However, it’s films like these that make Americans actually listen to these stories.
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Casablanca 1942
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this film is interesting to watch for the first time at this moment in time.
i have heard this film referred to as the greatest love story ever told, often in reference to rick and ilsa; but, i would assert that the love between ilsa and laszlo is the one that should be given a closer look. in the scene where ilsa is trying to convince rick to give her the papers, it isn’t her love for him that finally…
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Nosferatu 2024
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Eggers finds his gothic groove after The Northman with this historically grand story that is given a fresh (and heavy) new life.
I have no qualms with this film. Nothing that I can point to and say this would be better if different. It is simply perfect.
Visually, this film is spectacular. Natural lighting is a signature of Eggers and it functions to not only create an unsettling and disconcerting environment; the lighting is used as a characterization tool for…
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Poor Things 2023
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I could sing my praises for this movement from every mountain top. I have not always loved Lanthimos' other works (i.e. "The Killing of a Sacred Deer"). This was purely sublime. I hope he continues on a surrealist path because the visuals in this film dazzled me the entire time. This film is not all looks though; it holds impactful substance about what it means to be a woman. It explores the contradictory nature of the sexualization of women rooted…
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