I might renegotiate my rating, I’m still wrestling as to if I enjoyed the film or not. Gorgeous lighting and cinematography and music and inspired casting, yes. Delon absolutely carries the film. I do think though that it kind of chickens out into a moralizing perspective in the last act. It’s a great film, but I think if it had been confident in having less obvious retribution at the end it would have been better.
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HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle 2024
The film Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle isn’t very likely to win mass awards or recognition, even in the world of anime movies. Limited to about 1.5 hours of screen time and deeply established in the conventions of its source anime and manga, it will find difficulty in expanding its audience beyond confirmed Haikyu fans. As a piece of fan service, it delivers extremely well. Beloved characters have their arcs continued and beautiful character moments are established. The movie also performs…
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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 1999
It is impossible, perhaps, to recreate the feeling of watching a film for the first time, but I went through the effort to simulate it for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. At the time of writing, it is being rescreened in theaters to commemorate its 25th anniversary. Accordingly, on May the Fourth, a Saturday, I booked a ticket to see it for a matinée. I strove to purge my mind of what I knew, and went in, eyes…
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The Boy and the Heron 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The Boy and The Heron is fundamentally an argument against despair.
Studio Ghibli’s latest offering opens with the firebombing of Tokyo and the (offscreen) fiery death of the protagonist Mahito’s mother. Perhaps this does not sound like an auspicious beginning for a film that centers around the importance of transition and hope, but it works. Mahito’s transition from the war torn city to the mysterious countryside brings with it a transition from trauma to healing. He does not initially adjust…Translated from by
