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The Brutalist 2024
Definitely flawed and onconsistent but with loads and loads to admire. Brody is stunning, the There Will Blood 2 stretch is almost as good as the original There Will Be Blood. Felicity Jones represents for Birmingham and Guy Pearce hams superbly. Visually it's 10/10 similarly in terms of sound, the score is masterful. The main let down is a plot that makes it feel like two very different movies smushed together and there is a ludicrous piece of recasting at the end, which upset me far more than it probably should have done. Nearly a masterpiece
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Shiva Baby 2020
After really not enjoying Bottoms (as one of thebonly people who didn't I suspect the fault is with my sense of humour not the film, or you're all wrong?) I didn't come into this with great hopes. But ye of little faith! Shiva Baby is fabulously awkward, superbly filmed and acted, and just a bunch of fun.
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975
A genuinely unique and utterly affecting piece of film making. It may or may not be the greatest film of all time, but I wouldn't question anyone argueing that it is. A piece of art that one needs to commit to but if one does it rewards in spades.
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Blitz 2024
This is so close to something really special. An excellent first half made of emotional slice of life snippets of the time and superb musical interludes gives way to a somewhat contrived adventure movie that drags and doesn't quite work. Rarely would I suggest editing Stephen Graham out of a film but the arch around his character doesn't fit and kills the momentum. A typically tour de force performanc from Saorsie Ronan carries the emotional heart of the film superbly and the music is great.
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