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I'm Still Here 2024
I'm still here: aka Missing but Never Gone
Walter Salles' I'm Still Here is a masterclass in restrained, evocative filmmaking. Returning to the political terrain of The Motorcycle Diaries, Salles crafts a world where trauma does not explode in dramatics but seeps into the mise-en-scène, embedded in shadowed frames and lingering silences. Anchored by Fernanda Torres’ nuanced performance, the film is both an intimate family portrait and an indictment of state-sanctioned violence. Remarkably, it marks Salles’ first dramatic feature since…
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The Apprentice 2024
The film exceeds expectations more often than I anticipated. The Apprentice certainly succeeds in humanizing Trump, but not in a way that diminishes his menace. If anything, it sharpens the focus on his crude rise to power, making his blundering brutality all the more comprehensible—and far more chilling. The film’s most intriguing accomplishment, however, is its ability to evoke sympathy not for Trump himself, but for the far more sinister figure of Roy Cohn. In this narrative of a man…
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Misericordia 2024
Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia (Miséricorde) continues his tradition of polarizing cinema, with elements that provoke both admiration and discomfort. For those familiar with Guiraudie’s work, the film echoes the boldness of Staying Vertical (2016) in its mix of surrealism, raw violence, and sweeping landscapes. Yet despite its darker elements, it finds glimmers of humor and empathy, largely through the character of a priest who manages to bring unexpected resolution to a seemingly hopeless situation. The film raises the question: does religion…
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