All of the late-period Wiseman films that I've seen have been worthy experiences, but this one is a cut above the rest, with a wide-ranging canvas of characters in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights, and a particular focus on gentrification and discrimination. Though the large number of people featured makes it more difficult to latch onto specific personalities, there's a depth of humanity that's evident in every scene, and the film holds interest throughout its long runtime.
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Burning 2018
This is a film marked by absences (a cat that you feed but don't see, a missing girl, a father that is away from home on trial, a mother that left the family years before, a tangerine that you pretend to peel, a greenhouse that may or may not exist that was set on fire, a well that may or may not exist). The characters fill these absences with stories, and indeed the lead character is supposedly a writer -…
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La Région Centrale 1971
This is my human-instructed, machine-drafted review that roughly approximates the experience of watching "La région centrale":
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Babylon 2022
Babylon flails around for good portions of its runtime to no particular consequence, and I'm not sure that the ideas are fully-baked, but it's also bold, ambitious and occasionally intoxicating. Not among the best films of the year, but certainly among the most memorable.
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