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Hard Truths 2024
A remarkable, urgent bit of filmmaking that worked for me on so many levels.
At the centre of it is a beautifully crafted character in Pansy - a testament to the director's lengthy and ardous process, of developing characters through rehearsal and improvisation. On one level, she plays as a kind of very British 'no-nonsense', almost folk-heroic character, out to set the world to rights through one rightous tirade at a time. (There's a parallel here to David Thewlis in…
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The Colors Within 2024
Yamada delivers again, in a film that marks two important 'firsts' - first feature film with Masaaki Yuasa's Science Saru studio, and first true original, without any franchise connection. With this creative freedom, she brings an intimate, personal and low-stakes story that leaves an entrancing warm glow in its wake. The repressed yuri subtext is obvious, as with the exceptional Liz And The Blue Bird, but the main theme, as I take it, is reconciling human relationships and religious devotion:…
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Bridges-Go-Round 1 1958
people in the 50s: nooooo you can't play the same film twice using different musical scores to emphasise different elements of the image!
Shirley Clarke: haha Bridges-Go-Round
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Nosferatu 2024
I dunno. Good script - very '2020s' elevated horror in turning the self-sacrificing Ellen character of Murnau's original into the main character, and one that is more psychologically complex and agentic, setting the stage for a powerful Lily Rose Depp performance a bit reminiscent of Isabelle Adjani in Possession (high praise!). Even if the broad angle was predictable, it was well done. And it certainly looked nice, especially in the night scenes, giving the full Barry Lyndon treatment of natural…
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