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Nickel Boys 2024
At once aloof and vividly moving, Nickel Boys is the sort of wonder that reinvigorates a jaded cinephile like myself and reminds the potential of the medium. Although already a fan of his documentary work, RaMell Ross easily skyrockets to one of my favorite working American filmmakers today. It’s a shame Nickel Boys isn’t the runaway for Best Picture, but then again, maybe it’s not so bad. While a mouthy stripper from New Jersey is sucking up all the attention in the room for now, it’s Nickel Boys that will actually be talked about for years to come.
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A Complete Unknown 2024
Mangold consistently delivers above-average studio fare, and A Complete Unknown is no exception. It feels like flotsam in the best way—Dylan as an inevitable antidote born from the wreckage of war, bobbing into the world like some celestial being, wielding music as a weapon to upend the naïve idealism of his time.
Chalamet deserves credit for tackling a gargantuan role—and he delivers. Norton does too. Seeger’s cadence isn’t widely known, but Norton nails it.
Still, I couldn’t quite shake the…
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Seven Samurai 1954
Had the luck of catching the 4K restoration print on the big screen at the Laemmle Royal in Santa Monica and what an experience. Sabrina wanted to kill me for duping her into watching a three and half hour movie that to her didn’t amount to more than a bunch of greasy men in loin cloths running around like screaming jack rabbits, but I was utterly enthralled. This movie packs so much in one movie that it’s hard to keep…
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The Conqueror 1956
Disclaimer. My great uncle produced and directed this film. So, let's just set that aside. Also, let's set aside the obvious cultural asinine-ness of this film, which is what The Conqueror is mostly known for. That and maybe the fact that they shot on a nuclear testing site and most of the cast and crew died relatively young from cancer... including Wayne, including my uncle. Ok... that aside.
They made a movie about one of the most interesting and complex…
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