You never forget your first love. You never forget your first set of best friends. And you certainly never forget about your first home. No matter how young you are, these things will remain with you forever. Sometimes we only realize years afterwards after having a chance to consider our firsts in context with the rest of our lives. But sometimes we recognize history being made in real time. The Goonies see an imminent inflection point in their lives and…
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Conclave 2024
Conclave is sleek as hell. The production design and costuming is breathtaking, and the slight liberties taken to both accentuate both the starkness of the picture and the imprisonment these men have thrust upon themselves. Edward Berger takes a generation of venerated actors – providing the grandeur their characters' roles call for – and coaxes performances of every flavor from it; he utilizes some performers' characteristic strengths to excellent effect, as with Lucian Msamati's versatile candidness, and uses others to…
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Oppenheimer 2023
Nolan’s films use music as a means of establishing propulsion during exposition and intensity to spectacle. In both respects, and with all due respect Hans Zimmerman, Ludwig Göransson’s musical score is possibly the most beautiful and effective accompaniment to one of Chris’ films. “Can You Hear the Music” is a gorgeous exercise in transforming violins into a weapon of mass destruction. The violin couples with the grey-blue-and-brown color palette, suits, and wood to provide a rich intellectual atmosphere
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There Will Be Blood 2007
There is a sense of malignancy emanating from There Will Be Blood that's entirely unique in art.
Daniel Plainview is Faust – not the personification of evil, but certainly a man who bargained his soul for the chance at success. The strings seeping out of Johnny Greenwood's score are the sounds of raw ambition on its haunches just before pouncing. The landscapes are blisteringly-lit (almost exclusively through natural sources), making Daniel and the marks of his industry (trains, roadways, pipelines,…
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