My top four consists of my absolute favorite movie followed by a rotating group of recently watched favorites.
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Targets 1968
Targets is a technically impressive film. Largely following Boris Karloff playing a mirror of himself, Byron Orlock, and the lead-up to two shootings, the latter shooting forms its climactic center. And while Boris Karloff has several moving scenes, most notable of which involves him telling a classic horror story, the shootings are what truly distinguish Targets. The film's two central shootings are achieved with tight direction by Peter Bogdanovich, who maintains a distinctive control over visual images in his theatrical…
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Evil Does Not Exist 2023
Having given myself about a week to watch other movies, my most anticipated movie of 2023* was so hard to dive into with a review because of its ending. The end comes so suddenly that, despite knowing the film's runtime, I was floored when the credits came onto the screen. But now, I think what I have to say about the ending is simple. Hamaguchi's film, with its honest treatment of people's intentions and the kinds of peace and ways…
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The Killing 1956
A technical achievement on multiple accounts, Kubrick's The Killing is a minor early triumph. The most impressive quality of the screenplay, its non-linear plot stands out in a period of crime fiction where this device was sorely underused. That narrative device and the film's hardboiled grit (complemented by Sterling Hayden's growling performance) single it out from the pack of '50s heist movies. That back-and-forth in the particulars of the crime tense up the viewer. Even if Rififi, released a year…
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Double Indemnity 1944
The perfect noir. Double Indemnity exists in a perfect medium of the genre. Where The Big Sleep perfects the characters’ relationships but loses us on one end with an absurd and essentially meaningless plot, Billy Wilder gives us a tightly plotted murder whose motivations are not easily boiled down. Where Laura has plot twists and unraveling mystery in spades but loses its way with the leads (wonderful camp though), Double Indemnity’s two leads closely orbit around one another in a deadly game as the no-nonsense insurance boss and untrusting, maybe conniving stepdaughter step in and out to keep them on their toes.
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