Brian Lau

Brian Lau

“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”

Favorite films

  • In the Mood for Love
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Burning

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  • A Taxi Driver

    ★★★★★

  • Godzilla Minus One

    ★★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

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  • A Taxi Driver

    A Taxi Driver

    ★★★★★

    This film reminds all of us why democracy is worth fighting for. Should have watched it with tissue box.

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

    Big fan of Timothée Chalamet since CMBYN, but a bit disappointed with this movie—it feels like he’s just being himself rather than embodying Bob Dylan. I think his performance as Paul Atreides in Dune: Part 2 is far more deserving of a Best Actor nomination.

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    The Brutalist is a masterpiece in every respect.  I found the first half more gripping than the second, but that doesn’t take away from its overall brilliance. It also reminds me of Anora—both movies explore the American dream for immigrants and reveal how that dream can often be an illusion.

    The film thoughtfully examines power and class. Characters like Harrison rise to the top through wealth, not knowledge, yet they secretly worry that the true intellectual elite look down on…

  • Kinds of Kindness

    Kinds of Kindness

    ★★★★½

    The old good Lanthimos is back after his last ‘ failure’ Poor Things.

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