Billy Elliot is one of my favorite movies, and I'm happy to say after seeing it again for the first time in maybe a decade, it has definitely stood the test of time and still makes my heart soar like few other movies.
Daldry’s direction is exceptional, making dance sequences feel cinematic rather than staged. The sequences of Billy dancing through the working class streets of his hometown and especially dancing defiantly in front of his father are nothing short…
"The heart and the mind, what an enigma."
One of a few talkies Chaplin made toward the end of his career, Limelight reckons with a performer holding on to a fading art form, but still finding meaning in how he can change the world for a younger artist. It feels like a testament to Chaplin's own career, and it also gives us a really great moment of cinema history by putting Buster Keaton and Chaplin together in a brief scene.…
I didn't watch "The Apprentice" because I didn't want to spend 2 hours with Donald Trump. Twenty minutes into "Mickey 17," I realized that Bong Joon Ho had tricked me into doing exactly that. At least it had a good ending.
Otherwise, "Mickey 17" is a worthy successor to "Parasite" (though a very different kind of movie) and exactly the kind of big budget studio output that should be making bank at the box office and inspiring audiences around the…
Nosferatu with Radiohead: A Silents Synched Film
At first I didn't think I'd be able to sit through Nosferatu with a Radiohead soundtrack. But after a few minutes, the dissonance of the modern(ish) music against the silent film resolved, and the juxtaposition created a really trippy vibe. Also, it was incredible to hear Amnesiac and Kid A through the cinema's sound system.
Nosferatu the film is incredible for how it defined early suspense tropes, and the Expressionist lighting and set…
