“In everyday life, where we are surrounded, protected, and kept out of danger's way, it is difficult to feel that we are working to survive in this world. Children can only enlarge their fragile egos. Chihiro's skinny legs and her sulky face are their symbols. However, once the reality becomes clear and once she encounters a crisis, she will surely be aware of the life she actually possesses and of a capacity for flexibility and patience, and for decisive judgement…
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Spirited Away 2001
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
This anthology opens with nothing but electricity. It leans heavily into conventional western storytelling, which is both deeply respectful of the genre and ludicrously satirical. The charming spark that captivates the audience in the first story slowly deteriorates throughout the film, turning into less of a commentary on the western genre and moreso a deconstruction of the foundations of western society. It picks apart the ideas of nationalism, imperialism, and materialism, emphasizing their importance in American history and creating a nihilistically…
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Lady Snowblood 1973
Even among the shamelessly exaggerated violence, the part of this film that stood out to me the most was the spectacular shot composition and vibrant color palette. A lot of the shots movements are wildly dynamic, purposefully lit, and smoothly executed, and they’re edited into frames with such powerful uses of color. Regardless of its technical splendor, its legacy as melodramatically fun action-packed violence is glaringly apparent to me.
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Nosferatu 2024
The original Nosferatu is an iconic feat in film for a reason. It takes a simple premise, executes it very simply, and yet still oozes with such a distinctly chilling atmosphere. It’s difficult to distinguish where that comes from—it could be Orlock’s piercing gaze, the sense of impending doom, or even just the concept of the horror genre being imagined before us. It’s a fantastic film in its own right, but it scores very high on the remake-ability scale. Eggers takes…
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Mickey 17 2025
This is a really great time—offbeat dry humor, loud satirical nonsense, and some wonderfully charming space worms. It has Joon-Ho’s signature “laugh-out-loud comedy without diminishing any emotions in a scene,” which is a style that seems to be pushed even further here—even by his standards—enriching the experience into something wildly compelling. Yeah, there could’ve been more world-building death scenes, but the tonal shift into a satirical drama worked all the same and didn’t impact my experience at all. You will…
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