My first Cronenberg. Cannot get over how hot Stephen Lack is in this while also being such an empty actor, devoid of any real feeling, though I think that blankness does actually work in the film’s favor considering that Cameron is someone with no memory and no past, a pure vessel to be shaped into Dr. Ruth’s weapon. We have no sense as to why he takes on Dr. Ruth’s mission, or even why he disagrees with Revok, other than…
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Black Bag 2025
Gorgeous clothes, shifting loyalties, tense interrogations, jazzy score, sharp humor, and the deception and mysteriousness of spies working as a metaphor for marriage, all in a 90 minute package? Truly exceptional, not the least for how this reminds me of the best parts of The Americans while still being its own thing. Fassbender and Blanchett are so fucking sexy together, and the supporting cast is having a blast tearing into this script. Love a spy movie that’s less focused on the…
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Megalopolis 2024
Wildly offbeat, oftentimes nonsensical, more often very silly with lots of insane line readings… and then FFC would cut to some of the most breathtaking visuals I’ve seen in a while. And for as weird as the film is, you can feel his earnestness, and I’ll take a director sincerely trying to make art even if it doesn’t always entirely work over corporate Hollywood schlock any day of the week and twice on Sunday. A thinly veiled fable about the…
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