Niv Saad Gafny

Niv Saad Gafny

Favorite films

  • Catch Me If You Can
  • The Mask of Zorro
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Blue Valentine

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  • Out of the Furnace

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

  • Body Heat

  • Fresh

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  • Out of the Furnace

    Out of the Furnace

    ★★★★

    I was in the mood for something “manly” and boy did Bale, Casey, Woody and Willem deliver. Casey’s little weepy voice works every time. Humble Bale is so easy to root for. I didn’t know Woody could be this scary. And I missed Willem in grounded roles — He’s so theatrical that seeing him exclusively in Yorgos/genre movie can minimize his strange-ness. I had some issues with the script, but great direction saved it.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    It’s fun to watch a great actor play several roles, but I’m disappointed in Director Bong. This was a redundant, “political” allegory and felt like he tried to dumb himself down for Hollywood… Sad!

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  • Black Girl

    Black Girl

    ★★★★½

    More deep, interesting and subtle than most modern stories of race relations.

  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    ★★★

    I went into this movie with high expectations, but I left feeling it had missed the mark. I find it interesting that Marty spent years writing, what he calls, the “white” version of this movie, where Leo would have played the investigator, rather than the husband. Marty claims this completed film is his attempt at Native inclusivity. To me, this is still the white version. I hated how often the camera would linger on Leo and De Niro’s faces as…

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