Understated, touching, simple. VBT plays minor role. Relatable situation. Made me appreciate Melvil Pompaud.
Favorite films
Recent activity
AllRecent reviews
More-
-
A Perfect Couple 2005
Unfussy, patient realism (long static camera, long scenes of longueurs). Finds lots of space and sometimes emotion. Space often wasn't filled for me, but it was pretty and filled w/ the indecision of breaking apart.
VBT broke some new ground here. Not significant overall but something I haven't seen from her before. Real tenderness; beauty in it. I was touched.
Translated from by
Popular reviews
More-
The Killer 2023
Thematically innovative: how does a man act when he fails to meet his own ideal? Can he open up and express his humanity with others (and in what circumstances)? Or will he fight himself every step of the way, fighting to save face to himself? Put like this, not all that innovative except for placing this theme firmly w/in genre and Fincher-ism.
Netflix was smart in giving Fincher carte blanche to pursue his guilty pleasures. Fincher pursued his fetish of…
Translated from by -
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007
Beyond all its hype is its oddness: truly dim characters; an innocent looking up to an enigmatic American god and their complex psychological relationship; and the fallout and how its echoes twist in history. It makes sense that the director of Chopper made this; only he could; his focus on offbeat characters.
Translated from by
