On January 16th 2025, we lost one of the greatest directors who ever walked the earth. One of my favourite directors and one of my biggest influences and inspirations in not only cinema but my life.
A film which truly cements its self as one of the best films of the century, normally when a year has some great films, some are talked about, some are forgotten and fade into obscurity, this however has truly stood the test of time…
If a film’s ending can make you swear at the TV for being over then it’s definitely doing something right
A truly uncomfortable yet mesmerising watch which provides us with a descent into insanity that completely subverts the “Thriller” genre like no other film.
It shares similarities with films like Manhunter (1986), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and even Longlegs (2024) for a more recent example in terms of its plot and the way it presents its characters. Koji Yakusho…
“The World is Yours”
A top-tier dad film, an ultra-violent deconstruction of the American Dream which feels like the drug most featured in this film. Kinda loses me a little bit during the segment between the epic montage and the climactic finale but still an immense feat and did absolute numbers for the “mob movie” sub-genre. It’s been years since I’ve watched this and serves as one of the most formidable films for me that got me as into cinema…
The Soggy Bottom Boys are the ultimate dream blunt rotation.
This mightn’t have the same depth of No Country For Old Men or Inside Llewyn Davis but there is such a good time to be had with this one.
Don’t get me wrong, this is a good and engaging thriller, but this is quite possibly the worst time to release a film like this, especially with the ongoing situation in Palestine. Kinda leaves a bad taste in your mouth as soon as you realise that.
An immaculately intimate film, in which that makes every minuscule detail feel massive, from the dress-making and cooking sequences, to the smallest of sounds that can ruin Reynolds’ whole day. Every scene is an acting masterclass with an elegant score that flows like water throughout the entire 130 minute runtime. There is so much more I could talk about but I really can’t find the words for it, arguably PTA’s Magnum Opus.
The motion picture of a lifetime.
