What an experience this movie was! The plot follows a Holocaust survivor and architect ( Adrien Brody) who flees to America to start a new life. His work is admired by a wealthy client (Guy Pearce). This is the most ambitious project Brody's character, Lazlo, will face, involving extreme highs and catastrophic lows.
It was a unique experience to see this film at the Music Box Theater in Chicago in 70 MM with a 15-minute built-in intermission. This kind of…
There has never been a film quite like Nickel Boys. Shot from a first person POV and I definitely have to give the director Ramell Ross a lot of credit for taking this big risk. I liken this movie to last years The Zone of Interest. A very experimental film in that it puts you in the perspective of these characters from the entire runtime in an odd off kileter way. The style for this film had at first was…
Luca Guadagnino, like a professional tennis player, is all aces and no misses. This is the first of two films he directed for 2024, and Challengers was one of my favorite movies of the year. The plot of this movie was a complex, erotic triangle between top-ranked tennis pros and former friends played by Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist. Being a former tennis player myself and a current tennis fan, I was able to see the best of both…
This is the second film of 2024 directed by Luca Guadagnino, with the first being Challengers. This one stars Daniel Craig, and its plot is set in 1950s Mexico City when William Lee (Craig) becomes obsessed with a young man, Eugene Allerton ( Drew Starkey). For the first half of this movie, I was the most entertained. Like Luca's film Call Me By Your Name, the visual style and cinematography were very impressive. I felt like I was in 1950s…
