The Steven Scales (percussionist who toured with the Talking Heads) cameo gave me life.
Demme unfortunately gets a little too silly with Something Wild. It’s never actively unfunny or anything, but it just contrasts hard with the pretty intense drama at the heart of the film. That tonal juggling act works better in Married to the Mob because the leads are better, have stronger chemistry, and the actual stakes of that film aren’t as dark. Something Wild doesn’t have the comedic chops to…
I don’t think I’ve ever done such a complete 180 on a film from first watch to rewatch. There was roughly 3 years between that rewatch, so my taste has grown a LOT in that time. Possibly Cronenberg’s best? If not, certainly his most poignant and aware of the present moment.
In a world where technology outpaces the bounds that the human body and psyche is built to understand, government oversight is bound to stop progress at every instance. There’s…
The dreary escapist nonsense that the The Electric State warns about. The Russos pay respect to Spielberg with something that by comparison makes Temple of Doom look like the greatest film ever made. The Electric State has all the familiar ideas of Spielberg - broken family bonds trying to be repaired against this fantastical landscape with a melodramatic score - but not an ounce of the sincerity, formal chops, or even bare bones entertainment value.
It’s impressive how boring this is despite…
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Bong Joon-ho goes full capitalism satire mode in Mickey 17. He has done shades of it in previous films like Snowpiercer, with maybe the most overt metaphor in any of his films being the class structure in the train, and Okja, which is probably the most similar mode to Mickey 17. I have frankly felt more admiration for his works than overt enjoyment. Parasite was a massive introduction to me when it comes to foreign…
