It was the shot of Kikuchiyo, our brusquely affable peasant turned monkey man warrior, drunkenly bumbling and stumbling around the hostel, culminating in a downwards pan of the camera as he slumped from a higher wooden post to a lower one, where it really clicked for me. A shot so mundane yet so controlled and intentional, highlighting both sides of his character in an instant and perfectly contrasting him with the more mature, mentally (and physically) stable samurai behind him.…
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Challengers 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Nearly a triple bagel in narrative structure, with a strong opening that sets up the players, a slightly ponderous yet increasingly tense middle act, and an exhilarating conclusion that doesn't at all feel like a traditional resolution. There's no hero's journey here - rather the kind of messy, realistic product of three toxic individuals interacting with each other in the most intimate yet manipulative of ways.
Tashi (Zendaya) is sociopathic in her obsession with the thrill of the game and…
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Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989
"So that love contains in it the contradiction: The attempt to return to the past and the attempt to undo the past." // "A strange man - defecated on my sister."
Leave it to Woody Allen to effortlessly juxtapose and weave several stories together that challenge our sense of morality, ponder the meaning of life and love, and even make us laugh - all in a way that feels natural (and in a paltry 104 minutes no less).
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