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The Card Counter 2021
My favourite Schrader picture since Light Sleeper. Like that underrated 1992 classic, The Card Counter belongs to the series of Schrader’s God’s Lonely Man films — beginning with the Martin Scorsese directed Taxi Driver, followed by the Schrader-directed American Gigolo, The Walker, First Reformed, etc. These are the stories that Schrader tells best — and better than anyone! Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Defoe are all individually and collectively excellent. Isaac’s “Any man can tilt” monologue deserves…
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The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990
The most misunderstood and unfairly maligned film of my lifetime. There is more care and artistry in the opening shot of this film than the entirety of most others.
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