Such an influential film. Chantal Akerman meticulously details the daily routine of a widow with this sense of impending doom. Although it seems simple at its surface it is a brilliant character study and it encompasses an entire world. It’s one of the most hypnotic and complete depictions of space and time in cinema.
It’s an incredible, experimental film that at its core represents second-wave feminism and the patriarchal surveillance of women in society.
This will always be regarded (at least in my opinion) as one of the most influential, important and experimental films in cinematic history.
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Persona 1966
First off, thank you Janus Films and Criterion for this beautiful restoration of this film. The opening sequence of this absolutely blew me away. It’s so technical and beautiful. It just sucked me into the world of Ingmar Bergman.
The film features some gorgeous black and white cinematography from cinematographer Sven Nykvist. It feels very intimate with some of the most frequent use of close ups I’ve seen in a film, highlighting the fantastic lead performances in this. I really…
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Andrei Rublev 1966
This is undoubtedly one of the greatest films ever made. I have never been a huge fan of ‘religious’ films as they tend to have a large bias, however, Tarkovsky fantastically challenges it. He perfectly captures the challenging relationship between art and religion/spirituality much like he does in many of his films particularly Stalker (1979).
Anatoly Solonitsyn again crushes it like he does in anything he does with Tarkovsky. It’s one of those roles that you just couldn’t imagine anyone…
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Inside Llewyn Davis 2013
This is Coen brothers at their best. From the gloomy feeling they create throughout the film to the very real depiction of the struggles of an up and coming artist, this movie was extra depressing from start to finish. That being said there is some great humour throughout.
I loved the use of a cat to parallel Llewyn's identity crisis throughout the film. From his wanting to escape to his loop back to his comfort space.
Oscar Isaac was phenomenal…
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