Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Two films compressed into one single 1.44-hr long footage, TZOI is an absolute horrifying masterpiece! One of my favourites from 2023.
4.5/5 for what the film intends to be and the shrewd way it conveys that intention in.
Past Lives is cinema at its most profound peak.
A simple story about providence, personhood and past relatedness, presented in a movingly poignant format, accompanied by a deeply somber score and a mosaic of ordinarily exquisite -scapes.
In truth, the exceptionality of it lies in the core simplicity of it, with which it portrays the humbleness and humanness of its characters.
I also loved how the film employs the concept of indigeneity as a metaphor for multiple layers of reconnection!
All in all, a beautiful thing to experience!
"There's no extraordinary story. Only extraordinary storytelling"
Coen Brothers' perception of a struggling artist who wouldn't move a nerve at dire consequences but go haywire over a lost cat (obviously), is brought to life through a cold and sombre world, highly complimented by Oscar's seamlessly wry and true-to-life portrayal of Llewyn's torment.
Through such apposite cinematography and embodied performance, the ordinary story of a "roadside unsung someone" is both a sting at heart and caress on the back, for all…