Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Beautiful display of the ever-rising tension that defined the era. Spike unapologetically gives voice to all the differing opinions surrounding race tensions, and shows us what happens in the melting pot when a hot day comes around. Like da mayor says: “do the right thing, always.”
The script, the casting, the acting, the directors intentional choices… they all converge perfectly to create a harrowing story about life on E block, or death row. King uses a blend of the supernatural with true human empathy to explore the complexities of human interaction. Existential themes such as condemnation, redemption, love, trauma, and forgiveness are played out in this beautifully paced 3hr movie. The unique imagery tells a story of transmutation, karmic balance, and healing the world through love.…
Chaplin continues to surprise me. Dressed in amazing practical effects and covered with some humor, The Gold Rush (1925) is probably his most bleak film. Chaplin uses literary-styled scenes, metaphors and a subversion of most writing conventions to build a truly isolating story about a man who wants so badly to be loved. The film drags us through isolation, love, self-deception and the hollowness that can begin in the pursuit of pleasure
This was both my first Chaplin and my first silent film. I was as hesitant… but I was wrong ! I found myself caught up in the world Chaplin creates for his characters and the ridiculous situations they find themselves in.
I was honestly awed by the amount of time I spent laughing, and simultaneously being amazed by Chaplin’s choreography (between the scene next the sea and the fight, come on!) I’ve always heard about Charlie Chaplin and his classic works,…