Laurent Chevalier

Laurent Chevalier

Favorite films

  • No Country for Old Men
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  • Malcolm X
  • Phantom Thread

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  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★

  • Bring Them Down

    ★★★

  • Conclave

    ★★★½

  • I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

    ★★★½

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  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★★

    I felt like I needed to sit with this for a bit. It is a confirmed "wow". A creatively perspective driven gem.

  • Bring Them Down

    Bring Them Down

    ★★★

    The most intense sheep based film since Lamb. The opening third is full of wonderful tension. Elements of the story's  subsequent expansion and execution felt off at times, but I enjoyed the transition and ultimate blending of character perspectives.

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  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★★★½

    Visually well executed, excellently performed. Civil War is a collection of ideas about a central idea, playing with varying success with each other. At its best and worst it is non committal to exactly what has happened and why. We fill in the blanks but there are a bit too many blanks to fill for the film to be excellent. It is somewhat torn between being a war movie, and a movie about people dealing with war.

  • The Zone of Interest

    The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★

    A master class in ambiance and tone. I cannot think of many othermovies that gave me such a visceral discomfort through subtlety over the course of an entire runtime.

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