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The Devil, Probably 1977
Resisting with every fiber of my being the desire to make this my entire personality.
As Bresson got older and angrier, he said more clearly what he felt: everything that tries to give meaning is so empty and so disenchanted, and the most everyday and ordinary acts are where life becomes full and entrancing.
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La Haine 1995
My initial reaction wasn't totally positive: an ungenerous read this film would focus on its aestheticization of anti-police attitudes. La Haine makes hating the police and messing shit up (a police precinct, a hospital, an art showing) look really pretty and fun. The characters mostly just hang out, going from one troublesome situation to another, getting almost (or actually) caught. Many Americans who watch this film might also have the reflexive "Europeans cosplay American urban politics" reaction--something that I feel…
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Anora 2024
So it's a fun watch. (Shoutout to Emily and Lindsay.) I gather that Baker is trying to say something about class, exploitation, and maybe even love, given his past work (especially Tangerine and The Florida Project--only the latter, excellent, work I've seen). This movie however, on my read, says as much about class as a Ruben Östlund film, which is to say very, very little. Östlund's Triangle of Sadness and The Square are, however, shot with more artistic verve and…
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Through a Glass Darkly 1961
We draw a magic circle and shut out everything that doesn't agree with our secret games. Each time life breaks the circle, the games turn grey and ridiculous. Then we draw a new circle and build a new defense.
Poor little daddy.
Yes, poor little daddy, forced to live in reality.
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