Ilya Glazkov

Ilya Glazkov

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★½

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★

  • Música

    ★★★½

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★½

    A spy whodunit (wholeakedit?) so delightfully sleek and charming, I feel I could easily watch ten more of those.

    ...in part because it kinda feels like an extended pilot for a TV show.

  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★★½

    As intimate and it is radical. Weaponizes camera itself to explore the struggle of maintaining your identity in a world that wants to make you disappear.

    The first-person narrative goes so far beyond a mere immersion gimmick. The protagonists' absence in the frame, even as they guide it, highlights the difference between observing and being present, seeing and being seen. It's a movie constantly in search of reflections, be they in each other's eyes, in mass culture, or in historical…

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  • Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep

    Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep

    ★★★

    The Great Heep, a double-sized Star Wars: Droids TV special that somehow was released seven months (!) after the end of the primary season, yet also serves as a prelude to its third story arc, is of special interest for a number of reasons. First of all, it boasts the involvement of several of the original Star Wars Trilogy veterans - namely, the script was written by the legendary sound designer and editor Ben Burtt, and the acclaimed illustrator and…

  • Land of Legends

    Land of Legends

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.