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The Conformist 1970
Bertolucci-and Italian cinema in general, really-is one of my many filmic blind spots, and after watching The Conformist I'll have to change that.
I knew from the synopsis posted by Film Forum that I wasn't in for a feel-good romp, but I was still caught off guard by the unrelenting bleakness and melancholy of this film, made all the more powerful by the exquisite beauty of the photography. We follow a young man, seemingly headed for great things and considered…
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John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
Man, what happened to this franchise? I guess franchising it at all is what happened.
The first movie worked because it was a small scale, nasty, violent revenge flick with interesting characters, awesome fight choreo, and a mean streak that made it feel like a breath of fresh air amidst all the MCU-inspired garbage that has strangled the life out of the mibudget action movie.
Now, because we can’t have nice movies for long in the current system, rooted as…
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Richard Jewell 2019
Another all-timer from Clint Eastwood in the "Boomer Rage Cinema" genre. Transparently right-wing bullshit that weirdly paints its hero as a completely unlikeable fuck-up. Props to Clint for making a movie with the central message "Being irredeemably annoying and stupid doesn't mean you shouldn't be given the benefit of the doubt," which I suppose is a step up from "the liberal media tried to destroy Sully because of Sharia law" or whatever the point of that movie was.
Bring on the PizzaGate movie! In all seriousness, I would pay thousands of dollars to watch a Clint take on Pizzagate/Epstein, holy shit.
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Wrath of Man 2021
Dogshit. One of those movies where you can see the seams where several mediocre drafts were stitched together into one big steaming crap sweater. If it weren't so grim-faced and had even mildly interesting characters (what a fucking waste of Statham) it could be stupid and fun, but as it is it's just a stupid "what if Den of Thieves was smart" movie.
The best part is a character is named Boy Sweat.
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