This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The influence of Scream on modern horror is immeasurable. In revitalising the slasher genre along with its less subversive but more teen-drama-focused cousin I Know What You Did Last Summer, they changed horror franchises forever. For better or for worse, remains to be seen.
In this case. It's much worse.
Let's get this out of the way - Heart Eyes is Paramount's piss-poor attempt at making another Scream franchise. Lit in a crisp, studio-backed sheen, cutting away from kills just…
What does it mean to be the observer, and what does it mean to be observed? How do we perform and act in life's most fleeting moments? How can one truly be real, be a person?
Arguably the defining feature of the French New Wave, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a stellar work by Agnes Varda, who best-utilises the New Wave stylings (which by 1962, has been firmly established) to formulate the thematic undercurrents of a story of a…
not perfect, but Bong somehow encapsulates the woes of living and making the most of living in a capitalist system, cults of personality and power, ethics of human superiority over the natural world, and basically all of human nature in a 132 minute sci-fi blockbuster feature.
Naked Gun is something I've always caught glimpses and snippets of back on TV. I've admittedly probably seen this whole movie before, but only in bits and pieces across several years. That said, I don't think it matches my sense of humour anymore, and that's okay. This ended up being the strangest sequel to Priscilla I never knew about...
(Cannes Film Festival 2024 Film #3 - Un Certain Regard)
Surprised this film isn't being talked about more. A very weird and strange little film that straddles the line between realism and surrealism, sometimes well, sometimes badly. You can tell this Director is married to Yorgos Lanthimos.
An ambitious directorial debut, which doesn't hit all the right marks but wears its heart on its sleeve. The dialogue is often stilted and the pacing is pretty uneven, but some scenes scattered throughout (the funeral and the raids to name a few) are expertly done. Oh, and Ian Wright is in it, which is another plus. And the ending might just put a tear in your eye, even if the film has a rough time getting there.
Some of us are born into the Kitchen, and some of us are not.
