Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Beau Is Afraid is Asters most challenging, intense, and long winded movie yet, which makes sense considering the budget and the creative freedom provided. This movie manages to simulate the feeling of a psychedelic trip turned head first plunge into a chaos-fueled nightmare through the eyes of Beau, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, who gives the role major credibility whereas it would have been easy for another actor to fold under the intensity that this character calls for. The film is…
A coming of age story that is as equally beautiful and triumphant as it is depressing and tragic. Either way you look at it, its depiction of trying to find your place in the world while simultaneously battling the darkness of your past is very accurate and genuine. At first glance, you may assume like I did that this movie would not have any depth, nor the ability to pack the emotional punches it did. I couldn’t have been more…
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Right out of the gate, this movie creates an atmosphere that is dark, dreadful, and claustrophobic and uses this to set the tone for the full duration of the film, which is executed flawlessly. Every scene in which the mysteries of the house are being explored feel like both a deeper descent into the rabbit hole, but also a grave being dug further and further by the protagonist, creating a sense of hopelessness that only gets stronger overtime. These moments…
From the promotion of this movie, I expected nothing more than some fun action drawn back by a generic and underdeveloped plot with B-list level acting from a group of characters who are more dull than an abandoned Chuck-E-Cheese, but what I received not only surpassed my expectations, but leapt over the low bar I usually set for movies of this genre. Not only was it a genuine joy to watch how the characters interacted with each in such a…