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Nosferatu 2024
i’ve looked forward to eggers’ nosferatu ever since it was planned to be his follow-up to the vvitch, but i’m not sure this was one of his stronger efforts. it’s an excellent showcase of the style he’s developed over the years—elegant, confident, and extravagant, with a decent cast, great effects, and plenty of wild ideas. i loved the hallucinatory chaos of hutter’s visit to the castle and the genial warmth in dafoe’s performance as von franz. maybe seeing herzog’s nosferatu…
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Megalopolis 2024
oh my fucking god. oh my god.
EDIT: ok i’ll put some of my thoughts into words now that the initial shock has worn off.
probably coppola’s final flight, not just too close to the sun but directly into it. sparkling incoherent fascinating nonsense. stumbles through so many free-associative plot beats that you’ll be breathlessly recalling them for days afterward, desperate to confirm it wasn’t all a dream. between the clunky dialogue, copy-pasted quotes, and stiff performances (though sometimes the…
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Cthulhu 2007
it works. something about its intimate scale and cozy setting, the natural light and droning soundtrack, the eerie disconnect between personal and cosmic conflict, the strange acting, the parallels drawn between homophobia and a vast unknowable looming threat...despite its complicated concept and subject matter, It Works. it adapts and reframes lovecraft as he always should be, turning the lens away from the man’s well-known racist fears and towards the real widespread systemic horror that marginalized people face. it’s slow, surprisingly beautiful, and clever, and its ambition is endearing, though it feels like they had some trouble finding a way to end it.
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Tropical Malady 2004
it’s important to know going into tropical malady that it’s a film in two parts - it begins as an innocent, heartwarming romance between two young men, and ends as a surreal folktale told almost entirely without dialogue. are they connected? maybe. but both halves are expertly handled: well-written, well-acted, beautifully shot, carefully paced (if you’re patient). if you’re in the mood for something gay, lush, magical, and a bit abstract and open to interpretation, this film fills a very special niche.
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