I recently watched a silent film (King Vidor’s The Crowd) and it made me appreciate silent movies so much. I had only seen one Keaton film before this one (The General) and was enraptured by Keaton’s ingenuity, bravery, and comical genius. This was as good, if not better than General. The level of creativity and imagination for 1924 was off the charts. It’s truly remarkable that a film over a hundred years old can still hold up so well. I really enjoyed this - the story, the stunts, the humor, the pathos. Keaton was a genius.
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Stage Fright 1950
This is not one of Hitchcock’s better films but it contains enough Hitchcockian conventions and themes to keep it engaging. Dietrich was magnetic and ravishingly beautiful (as always) but the bigger flaw with this film was the casting - Wyman was miscast as well as her lover. The screenplay just wasn’t that compelling - a mediocre effort from the master of suspense .
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The Dead Don't Hurt 2023
This is one of those films where the cinematography surpassed all the other cinematic and narrative elements. It didn’t break any new ground in the western genre but credit has got to go to the folks who put up the money for this (at a time when this type of western has lost favor). Credit must also go to Mortenson - he did a commendable job on his sophomore directorial effort. A lot of credit must also go to his…
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The Shape of Water 2017
By my assessment, there were ten films better than this from 2017. But 2017 was an exceptional year for cinema. That doesn’t mean this wasn’t a good film but it certainly wasn’t exceptional nor worthy of a Best Picture award. However, it did convince me that Del Toro is a great filmmaker and his best work is yet to come.
The other thing I came to appreciate is Richard Jenkins as one of the most underappreciated character actors of his…
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