This was actually kinda brilliant. Cillian Murphy is fantastic, delivering a performance that is both intense and strangely endearing. Despite the film centering on a deeply toxic and traumatic relationship, I never felt overwhelmed by sadness or fear for the characters. Instead, the film sweeps you up in its dizzying, almost dreamlike energy much like the experience of being in a relationship like this. The violence carries that same surreal quality, dragging you along rather than making you recoil, though…
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Mickey 17 2025
Mickey 17 boasts an all-star cast and a renowned director, but it ultimately falls short of expectations. The humour rarely lands, and while the film touches on interesting themes, it does so in a disappointingly shallow way. It seems to aspire to the kind of sharp social commentary found in Triangle of Sadness, but in a sci-fi setting yet it never reaches the same level of impact.
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Three Colours: Blue 1993
This didn’t do anything for me plus I was feeling very warm. This film made me want to remove my jumper and hat I was wearing
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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found 2024
This is a great documentary. His photography of apartheid-era South Africa is both haunting and powerful, capturing the brutal realities of the time with incredible depth. The moment when he describes his fear shifting from being arrested in South Africa to simply trying to survive in the US is particularly devastating. However, I found his later work, especially the photographs taken in the U.S., less compelling. While inequality certainly existed, it doesn’t come through as starkly in those images compared to his earlier work.
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