Although the standard sport biopic beats are executed capably enough, this gains half a star more for me from Barry Jenkins' script placing the Big Fight, which would normally be a sports film's climax, to the end of second act, and let the rest shade in rich, tough (but not excessively downbeat) details that real life doesn't end there. Bryan Tyree Henry unsurprisingly MVP.
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In the Rearview 2023
A doc of multiple road trips where the director is also the driver who drove his van to evacuate people from Ukraine to Poland, most of the film is a fixed camera viewpoint to the two rows of backseat, a cross-section of varied people fleeing to safety. Most stark in the juxtaposition between children and adults (a traumatized, silent kid starting to open up when shared seat with another talkative one; resilient kids playing rock-paper-scissor but adding gun to the…
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Wild Reeds 1994
One of the most heartfelt, tender, honest, and sensual (without being explicit) coming-of-age films I have seen. I could have watched this group of people for another hour.
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Godzilla 2014
It has been much lauded for the homage and respect of the monster's origin and subsequent stories, but for me the monster stuff strongly evokes Spielberg in his spectacle prime. The way the movie reveals tidbits about Godzilla and teases its full appearance really helps build the mystique and grandeur. Each glimpse has thrilling impact, and it builds to one of the most satisfying blockbuster climaxes in recent memory. The director is also smart in how he frames the monsters,…
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