The most scathing depiction of how nihilism & ironic detachment will lead you into the abyss, a dehumanizing void that is nothing less than total spiritual annihilation.
There's this theory that there's a large percentage of human beings on the planet that don't have conscious thought. They're just, like, drones.
I first watched the movie in 2014, a couple years after it's release, and was gripped by the unsparingly uncomfortable character study, but also by how well it captured the high…
The film has the quiet ambition steeped in tradition as it's wannabe popes. It is very impressive feat of writing and acting to have this many characters and subplots, but never once felt confusing, predictable, or boring. A few excellently blocked shots and you can never go wrong with the eternal city as the setting.
"I mean, you have to let yourself get old up until a point, but that's ridiculous!"
- Jez, Peep Show
Ti West is back with his best film yet. such a palette cleanser to the atrocity that was the Netflix Texas chainsaw reboot. This is a film where a writer / director has a clear vision and executes nearly flawlessly.
A slasher in 2022 is tough; it's a lowbrow subgenre so you either go meta or embrace the tropes to…
Still undeniably one of the best genre films 10 years out. Maybe the most entertaining and successful examination of subjectivity in modern Hollywood. The story moves like the ocean, incredible screenplay and acting. Final scene of Carrie Coon shattered by the outcome is incredible.
Remember leaving theaters in 2014 being like "you can do that?!"
