Jodie Foster's performance=HOLY SHIT. Anthony Hopkins' performance=HOLY SHIT. Ted Levine's performance=HOLY SHIT. This film's screenplay=HOLY SHIT. Practically everything else here=HOLY SHIT. I generally prefer atmospheric, non-realistic horror flicks (you know, supernatural stuff, slashers, gothic horror, and folk horror) over serial killer investigation movies that win Oscars, but there's no denying that this is anything but a masterclass piece of cinema.
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Before Midnight 2013
Definitely the harsh dose of reality entry in the series. I have to admit that I didn't enjoy it as much for not giving me the same feelings of unbridled joy and optimism that the previous two films did, plus I wasn't overly thrilled to see Jesse and Celine being so much more cynical and mean-spirited than their former selves, but ultimately I would still call this a pretty perfect conclusion to the trilogy. Real life forces you back down…
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A Pistol for Ringo 1965
December is my month for Pasta Westerns and Christmas movies, so this is just too perfect. It also happens to be a stellar early example of the genre. The story is efficient and entertaining, the film looks fabulous, the Morricone score is solid, Nieves Navarro is a goddess, and Giuliano Gemma plays a hilariously cocky asshole of a gunfighter whose kills are always suspiciously in self-defence. Plus the ever-awesome Fernando Sancho is here in one of his best and most memorable roles. An all-around winner for me and one of my favourite Spaghetti Westerns.
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The Maltese Falcon 1941
When you're slapped you'll take it and like it! Bogie does not fuck around one bit or take shit from anyone here. Before there was Bond, there was Sam Spade looking slick as hell in a suit and hat while (almost always) staying two steps ahead of the bad guys. Peter Lorre is unsurprisingly great as well, and Sydney Greenstreet is obscenely fun, charismatic, and memorable in his role - it's wild that this was his first film appearance (mind…
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