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Taste of Cherry 1997
A formative experience for me when I first saw it. One of those films that can change your entire notion of what cinema is or can be. I still find it to be one of the most mysterious and moving things I’ve ever seen. In fact, the older I get and the more often I watch it, the more beautiful and profound it becomes. Features one of the greatest images AND one of the greatest cuts in cinema history.
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Target 1985
Cheesy and super 80s premise that should have made for a way more fun movie. Instead this was mostly very boring. The script is bad and some of the performances are downright baffling (Gene Hackman innocent!). On top of that, the film is completely anonymously directed by the usually great Arthur Penn. As a Night Moves reunion this is beyond disappointing.
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The Brutalist 2024
About five minutes in, when Adrien Brody stepped onto the ship‘s deck and that brass hit, I had tears in my eyes. It‘s an overwhelming film - thematically, emotionally, but also just in its sheer size and ambition.
And yet, it also feels intimate and personal, with a Hungarian mid-century architect standing in for Brady Corbet and his trials and tribulations as a particular kind of filmmaker. Viewed under that light, I will probably be thinking about the film‘s ending…
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A Complete Unknown 2024
If you’re looking for the „rough and real“ version of this story, keep moving. This is the kind of expensive, expertly-made mainstream movie that Hollywood used to do so well. The level of craft here is extraordinary, all the actors are great!
I‘d even say this is less of traditional biopic of Dylan and more of a snapshot of a particular moment in his life and career. As a character and as an artist, he remains as opaque as ever. …
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