Convinced nothing looks better than 16mm film blown up to 35. The grain and the texture of the film adds so much to the image. Colors can still pop vibrantly, every image is just ingrained with such beautiful texture. That one top of the absolute excellent performances from everyone in this cast just makes this such a beautiful piece of work. Coleman Domingo is an incredible lead here but the show stealer is by far Clarence “Devine eye” Maclin. Rarely…
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Collateral 2004
I forgot how good Tom Cruise is outside of playing Ethan Hunt. The charisma and assuredness of his acting really seeps into his character here. Jamie Foxx also does so well here too. The interplay between them is just gold the whole time
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No Other Land 2024
I don’t really know how to respond to a work like this. At a certain point while watching the film, one of the men in the village asks the Israeli journalist Yuval what the point is. What do his articles do? They don’t stop the displacements, the terror him and his people have to continue to endure. So I had to ask myself the same question. What does watching this film do? What does trying to bring this film do?…
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Hard Truths 2024
Blackest movie by a white person I’ve ever seen. Leigh’s methods allow for such rich development of world and character that experience can be translated so well with his actors. A movie so relentless in its compassion for grief and loss while also being able to find humor in tragedy. Some of the best acting I’ve seen for a film as well. Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin are a perfect pairing and he read of the cast does a fantastic job as well. So glad I got to see this
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