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Kneecap 2024
true creative spirit cuts through any and all noise
hilarious, so many fun plot lines in one, a testament to the fact that you can pack in many weighty themes when the story comes from a real place. and the fact that it’s real is mind-blowing to begin with.
if the thought “fuck the brits” has ever crossed your mind, or “maybe i should try being a rapper some day”, this is a must-must-must-MUST watch
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The Substance 2024
Visually fresh, sharp storyline, sharper premise, wild in all the right parts, gut-wrenching, heart-wrenching, brow-tightening, unreal acting, enough trauma-inducing bonkers to bedazzle a bonkers yet soul-skewering topic: beauty in and around the fame machine.
More things I loved:
Using the story to spotlight mother-daughter rivalry. Not the focus of the movie but so so rich.
The Shining-esque visual themes of the white-male-dominated studio, and the Requiem references adorning her addiction scenes (the gangrenous pimple, her frazzled grey hair while she…
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La Haine 1995
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
How much love does it take to make such a heartfelt film about hate?
I see now how hatred is love pent up and confused. It makes me wonder how much of my masculine outfit is just a vehicle to express buried rage.
The Nazi gunpoint scene blew my mind. The whole film, I was hoping he wouldn’t shoot at anyone. But in that moment, I wanted Vinz to do it.
And by the end of the scene, I felt…
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The French Dispatch 2021
A sumptuous three-layered gateau frosted with familiar American charm.
Wes Anderson has a thing for France that I now can’t unsee. The ever-whimsical colours, handlebar moustaches, toy-like demeanours that make me feel like I’m in a Pylones store, plus the way he teases pomp and refinement. I’m surprised my connection wasn’t more apparent before.
I love how this love letter is narrated exactly how he wants us to read it: through the eyes of an American. Arthur’s job as editor…
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