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Enys Men 2022
As with Jenkins' first feature, Bait, there's an insightful social (you might even be able to say political) commentary happening in Enys Men. Yet this commentary never dares to poke its head out for too long, nor in a way that's too obvious.
Instead, the comments are totally organic; the extent of Jenkins' philosophising sprouts expertly from the depiction of the real: routines, the minutea of life, the relics of a society once in full swing, industry and culture included.…
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Bait 2019
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
'Bait' is a meticulously crafted film, one that is extremely attentive to the complexities of both contemporary politics and the history of cinema. The most immediate draw is how this thing is shot. 16mm film, a clockwork camera and Jenkin's strange developing techniques all contribute to the dramatically tactile quality of this piece. It looks as though it's been weathered, eroded by years of harsh battering by an entirely unsympathetic ocean. In this way, the form is a direct extension…
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Psycho 1960
Beyond its reputation, Psycho sustains itself on a brilliantly crafted narrative that demonstrates Hitchcock's acute control over technique and storytelling. Still, this is a film that is emboldened by the reputation that precedes it. It's very difficult to go into Psycho completely blind given the ubiquity of the shower scene and its position at the epicentre of the Slasher genre.
As a result of this notoriety, the foreshadowing and dramatic irony takes on a whole new character. From the very…
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