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Nosferatu 2024
Absolutely incredible performances, striking scenes throughout with compelling direction, but somehow a rather weak narrative overall. Viewers gain absolutely no exposition into Ella’s character, and her history with the eponymous count Orlock, and are left asking “Why?” the entire time. Eggers responds with the crutch of relying on a single character to explain the narrative to the viewer (Willem Dafoe) while the comically neutral hero (Thomas Hutter) merely stammers and stumbles us through to the final scene. Eggers makes the…
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The White Ribbon 2009
A small, unassuming Protestant village in northern Germany is suddenly shaken by a series of crimes in the days leading to World War 1. A doctor on horseback is tripped and injured by a strung wire, the local baron's cabbages are destroyed, his son is caned in the woods, another mentally-challenged boy is beaten blind. Mystery and terror suddenly befall this once quiet village as rumors and gossip spread like a cancer. Town meetings at the local church seeking answers…
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Sanjuro 1962
Credited with launching the Spaghetti Western genre in the United States, "Sanjuro" and it's sister film, "Yojimbo," star the inimitable and timeless Toshirô Mifune as Rōnin protagonist, Sanjûrô Tsubaki.
After lazily overhearing conversation of conspiracy and corruption within a clan, the aimless Sanjûrô haphazardly thrusts himself into the center of the insurrection. Assuming both a fatherly role with the blundering victims, and accepting a job offer from the guilty party, Sanjûrô seamlessly and comicly moves between sides in efforts to…Translated from by
