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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021
If you’re planning on going into Neon Genesis Evangelion and this franchise as a whole blind, it’s probably best if you stop reading and come back later.
It would be disingenuous of me to say that I find this to be flawless. On every watch of this film, I’m able to pick out all those things that don’t really work. Some of the animation looks a little off, there’s a boatload of exposition delivered throughout the entire experience, and even…
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Spring in a Small Town 1948
No doubt an inspiration for such films like In the Mood for Love, evoking a similar sense of yearning and sexually-charged tension. But the main difference here is that the longing here stems purely from Mu Fei’s capabilities as a director, crafting and framing scenarios ripe with restlessness; the characters themselves I didn’t find nearly as involving or compelling. I struggle to call this overrated, as it’s a well-made film with some fantastic writing and arcs, but the beat-to-beat story wasn’t…
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Bicycle Thieves 1948
Some of the best use of wide-shots I’ve seen in quite a while; it’s thoroughly gorgeous but also shows the city in such expansive fashion that you can’t help but feel the emptiness of knowing that it’s already too late. Bicycle Thieves’ embodiment of Italian neorealism makes it one of the most absorbing pieces of cinema I’ve ever seen. Its depiction of societal issues is as crushing as one might expect, but this is also so wonderfully expressive. The use of…
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Violet Evergarden 2018
"I want to know. 'I love you.' I want to know what it means."
It's a question proposed in the very first episode. What does "I love you" mean? I don't know about you, but people I know say it all the time - to family, friends, partners, etc. But what do they mean when they say that? I almost expected the show to give me a straightforward answer, but by the end, I didn't need it. By going through…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
Everything you’ve heard is true.
I’d call this a miracle work, but I think that would be inconsiderate of how controlled and thought through this is. Despite how insane this gets - and trust me, it gets very weird - the Daniels know exactly what they’re doing. It’s a vision unlike anything I have ever seen or even thought of, and it knows that. So it used every trick up its sleeve, and uses them really well. Match cuts, martial…
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