Going into this knowing basically nothing was the best possible way I could have experienced this film. Because you don't just watch this film, you experience it. My only criticism of the film would be that it goes so hard on the happiness at the beginning that you just know whatever fallout is coming is gonna be big. Even then that's not really a criticism but rather a deep empathetic crying out for the horrors this family had to endure. So…
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The Brutalist 2024
Bloody hell what a picture. It truly is an epic in that old iconic Gone with the Wind or Ben-Hur sort of way. It's visually gorgeous in parts though some of the editing choices confused me, the score is outstanding and I'm very happy it won the Oscar.
The film itself felt, well, brutal...
Toth is a sympathetic and relatable character. The idea that people only tolerate your differences as long as they can get something out of it while…Translated from by
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Passages 2023
Sometimes you just want to reach through the screen a punch a character in the face and that's okay.
This was beautifully shot, incredibly well acted and all around so so good.
Ben Whishaw is a master in the art of body language and absolutely captivating to watch. Franz Rogowski as the aforementioned punchable character was so good I sometimes forgot he was acting. Adèle Exarchopoulos deserved more screen time but was a delight. I loved the scenes of her…
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La Haine 1995
I don't think I have the words to truly encapsulate how this film made me feel. One thing I certainly didn't except was how funny it is! Sitting in a packed cinema laughing at a group of disaffected French youths while they try hotwire a car was not where I was expecting my Monday evening to go but I'm so glad it did. I love that it was able to balance scenes of three friends dicking about Paris in the…
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