A titanic immigrant-experience film. I appreciated the smallness of the narrative despite the film’s length and heft. The score was intermittently jazzy and eclectic, and always propulsive. Gorgeous and classy cinematography (VistaVision!! although I did get a little nauseous during the handheld cinéma vérité scenes in the second half with an IMAX viewing). I rather like Felicity Jones where some people did not, but Brody and Pierce were the dual backbone to the 3.5 hours. Must be seen theatrically, God forbid anyone who tolerated Max commercials for this one once it hits streaming.
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A Complete Unknown 2024
By far the best part of this is Chalamet, in his first truly transformative role; otherwise, Ed Norton is charming, and Monica Barbaro is exquisite. The musical performances are phenomenal, making up for the rest of the film which feels understated and much too mainstream. This is a “safe” biopic that on the surface feels like strict awards bait, but upon digging deeper unveils a commentary on how an artist interacts with and is defined by his art, and how the currents of culture push an artist to paint with different strokes.
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Past Lives 2023
Beautiful and gently heart wrenching. The ending was perfect and reminiscent of Linklater’s Before Trilogy. Quite a gem of modern indie cinema.
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No Time to Die 2021
Takes Bond to a new level: high stakes the whole way through, with all the cool action sequences and fantastic set pieces (very classic island-lair finale). The denouement felt a bit rushed to me and didn’t quite give me the character resolution that I sought, but sent Craig’s embodiment off with a bittersweet farewell. Gonna miss the Craig Bond that I grew up with.
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