Mikey Madison's breakout performance is among the most complete and consistent I've ever seen, and like so much else of Anora, her brilliance is in her neutrality. The empathy Madison and Baker build into Ani doesn't just come from her guile and commitment to survival, although they help; our connection to her comes directly from the film's refusal to play for sympathy. Everyone involved lets the electric script do the work on that front, and in what's left Madison in…
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Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist 2014
Not a bad sports documentary, but between all the repeated b-roll and slow transitions this could and should have been cut down to less than an hour.
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Aftersun 2022
Aftersun always feels like it's heading towards sadness, but at no point did I know exactly how. The film is excellent at investing you - and thus later destroying you - long before you realise that it has. The innocuous, almost unscripted register of this ultra-realistic script is a big part of this, but in case that wasn't enough, Aftersun runs two registers at once as part of its silent clash between memories and recorded reality. Some of these DVR…
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The Zone of Interest 2023
There are two possible scenarios for fifty years from now. Either we'll look back on The Zone of Interest as a landmark moment for cinematography and directing, or we'll rue the lessons that we failed to learn from it. I hate hyperbole, but here it is: this might be the best looking period film I've ever seen, and it does it by all but ignoring its period trappings. Don't get me wrong, the costuming and production design are on point,…
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