Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This film offers an a view of an alternative reality where the populist movement in the world takes on the pomp & circumstance, excess, and greed from the late Roman Empire and mirrors many of the absurdities we see in the current populist movement today, except on steroids. While many of the performances are strong, the film ultimately didn't really stick the landing for me - and with a plot like this one, it really needed to in order to be…
The story is excellent and both Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin were brilliant in their portrayals of cousins going on a vacation together after losing touch with one another. A lot of great twists; not so much in the plot, but in exploring the sordid and also beautiful relationship between the cousins. Jesse Eisenberg is in a comfortable space as a reserved and shy New Yorker who always wished he could be more like his cousin. Similarly, Kieran Culkin plays…