You can see where Hitchcock will end up, but it needed a more impressive ending, in my opinion. (Although the ending was apparently rather dictated by the studio.)
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024
An incredibly artful documentary drawing from archival material around the intersection of jazz and the politics of decolonization/independence movements in the aftermath of WW2. The editing here is so precise. The structure also is incredibly free form until it isn’t.
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I'm Still Here 2024
I think I’m Still Here succeeds so much through its subtlety. It is such a well attuned film that balances the technical and the narrative for a cohesive whole. The way it builds up its emotional resonance in the first 30 minutes or so is masterful and ultimately so necessary to convey the impact of the government’s violence. Torres is the key to all of it, though. Her performance is incredible and plays so well with the great work happening around…
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Nickel Boys 2024
Nickel Boys is one of the best pieces of contemporary American literature and RaMell Ross’s film adaptation captures that quality. The experimental nature of shooting predominantly in the first person and in a 4:3 aspect ratio I think works well to humanize the Elwood and Turner; the movie does not let us see the boys as objects. It does not hurt that nearly every scene is comprised of striking images, but also clever and powerful uses of the movie medium (the magnet falling down the refrigerator and the edited film/photo sequences stood out for me). I’m excited to see what Ross does next.
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