Every inch of C'mon C'mon wishes to be universal and transcendent. It's in the intrusive musicality, it's in the black and white photography, it's in the frequent cutaways to serious interviews with children about weighty topics, it's in the conversations (every conversation) which dance around issues and invoke large themes. For so many, this has … Continue reading C’mon C’mon (Review)
Tag: Drama
Spencer (Review)
From the very start, Pablo Larraín's Princess Diana movie steps outside of the realm of biopic. An opening statement tells us the film is a fable, one based on a true tragedy (its words), but a fable none the less. This lets the viewer know that we are entering the realm of the symbolic, a … Continue reading Spencer (Review)
Pig (Review)
The rug pull of Pig is now widely known, but how it does it is still so compelling. After several years of a whole lot of 'it is John Wick but...' films, known goofy-action-icon Nicholas Cage taking on the 'John Wick but..' mantle, this time trying to get back his Pig, seems like an enjoyably … Continue reading Pig (Review)
The Father (Review)
There is a pleasing intricacy to how the Father is constructed. The narrative bends in intelligent ways, ways that slowly reveal a larger intent. This structural dexterity, primarily enforced through dialogue, is used to invoke subjectivity. This is both subjectivity of meaning but also an internal subjective state as the film tries to align itself … Continue reading The Father (Review)
Minari (Review)
At its heart, Minari is a film about assimilation. Why it is such a wonderful film is because it is about in this is so many ways. The most overt layer of this is about the cultural divides the film depicts, focusing on a family that have emigrated to America from Korea who are in … Continue reading Minari (Review)
The Woman Who Ran (Review)
Few films represent the complexity of everyday human interactions as well as Hong Sang-soo’s The Woman Who Ran. It is a film that asks a lot from its viewer but one that rewards in the process, presenting an effortlessly real but deeply cerebral portrait of everyday life. This is a narrative-light film, we follow Gam-hee … Continue reading The Woman Who Ran (Review)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Review)
Aaron Sorkin's drama about a landmark court case that revolves around issues of police violence, corruption of the legal system and racism begins with a getting the gang together style montage. The pre-credits sequence is edited to playful music that evokes a caper or adventure. The key figures of the trial are introduced here, sort … Continue reading The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Review)
To the Ends of the Earth (Review)
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is the master of the uncanny. This is most evident in his J-horror staples - and cult classics - Pulse and Cure, but carries into wider work that takes place in filmic worlds that are always slightly uncomfortable, sometimes in a way that's hard to articulate - in a way you just … Continue reading To the Ends of the Earth (Review)
Enola Holmes (Review)
There will be a very specific audience that Enola Holmes will work for: it provides a base level of empowerment, has an accessible hook and includes popular actors. However, though the film will work for a target audience of (primarily) young girls, that doesn't mean that it does enough for them. It ticks off all … Continue reading Enola Holmes (Review)
Cuties (Review)
Unfortunately, Cuties will be forever overshadowed by the extreme negative reaction to its marketing and perceived premise. A loud proportion of the internet has threatened to boycott Netflix - or just this film - despite having never seen it, purely based on what they think it is. The complaints are bizarre, and fundamentally don't match … Continue reading Cuties (Review)
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