I love the brutality of nature here. In most other Ghibli films, nature is a healing force, or at least just a place for comfort. But in this movie, nature bares its teeth, bleeds, and curses humanity. My favorite parts were the scenes with the Forest Spirit. It’s such an eerily beautiful creature that’s also downright creepy at times, giving and taking life on a whim of its own.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2023
I didn’t expect this movie to be as good as it was. It captured the chaos and camaraderie of a D&D game played with friends perfectly.
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Anora 2024
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This is one of those films that I’m going to spend a long time thinking about. I’m excited to watch Sean Baker’s previous movies now, I was unaware of his game.
I really, really liked the ending. The whole time I was expecting Ani to come out on top somehow. I expected it to be a dark romance movie or an action thriller or maybe even a legal drama where she gets everything in the end, but instead Ani’s fantasy…
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Nosferatu 2024
I love how this movie achieves such darkness without having to always cover every shot in as much shadow as possible, using this pale moonlight sort of lighting instead for some scenes. The costumes are on point too. All of Eggers’ movies have this excellent historical flavor I really enjoy.
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