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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
The anthology form of TBOBS works great not just for the Coen’s style but also for the Western. A great Coen Bros film comes across as a folk tale and this is a collection of them. I had previously seen the Buster Scruggs and James Franco section at a friends place and the fresh eyes made me see this for what it is; a dispelling of the western mythos. The large, infinite space of possibilities that populates The West is…
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Miller's Crossing 1990
Getting to the back half of the Coen's filmography so I was expecting I'd reach stuff I wouldn't really like but Miller's Crossing was one I expected to really enjoy. I like the Coen Brothers at their best when they're confident, it's something that will exude throughout a whole film but I felt a lack of confidence here more in line with the stuff I don't like about my least favourite Coen's. There is some great stuff in here, but…
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The Box Man 2024
On the failure to bare one's soul
This has been my personal white whale for a while - August in the Water is my favourite film of all time, I loved the book it's adapting and Tadanobu Asano is my fucking boy. It's depiction of voyeurism and the inability for sincere connection are true to itself, it's final moments gave me goosebumps in a way I was already expecting. We, the voyeurs of the cinematic act, may prepare ourselves for…
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First Reformed 2017
Never have I been this angry while watching a film. Never have I cared so deeply about the world. Never have I felt my skin crawl at the everlasting hell we live in. The world is burning, Palestine is being destroyed. Our beliefs, spiritualness and our art are all being made to fit an overpowering, evil system. This people of this world brought us slavery, racism, homophobia, transphobia, inequality en masse; will god forgive us?
Is anyone going to do…
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