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Mickey 17 2025
Not usually a big sci-fi guy, but Bong Joon-Ho’s over-the-top space colonization comedy definitely did it for me. The film is ambitious with the many themes it attempts to explore (colonization, the ethics of future tech, the perpetual failing upwards of charismatic opportunists, and more!) but by far its strongest storyline was the relationship between Mickey and Nasha. Both actors—especially Robert Pattinson—turn in excellent performances. The film in many ways uses the futuristic setting as more of a backdrop for…
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Play It as It Lays 1972
An impressive stab at adapting a magnificently cinematic novel—and a personal favorite—whose deep characterization and vivid prose pose immense challenges to capture on the big screen. It’s often scattershot structure inspired by the novel’s non-linear form doesn’t always land as well as it does in the original text—especially in the early flash-by image montages. However, the strength of Didion’s original work and clear influence on the screenplay, as well as phenomenal performances by the two leads (would’ve killed to be one…
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The Brutalist 2024
More deft in imagination than execution but still an epic of impressive proportions (and I’m not just talking about the runtime). It is beautiful and intellectually stimulating, but ultimately its scale and hurried epilogue slightly muddy the effectiveness of the film’s many themes and subplots. However, THE BRUTALIST’s flaws pretty much only lie with its script; it’s visually arresting throughout (the VistaVision, cinematography, and meticulous historicism really pay off), the score isn’t groundbreaking but is a constant compliment nonetheless, and…
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