Before Midnight: the rare third entry of a trilogy that succeeds in being on par with its two previous masterclasses. A one-part interlock onto the flourishing marriage we’ve all dreamt of having, a second-part digestion in the unavoidable dilemma of love. It’s Richard Linklater’s final scribbles of the poem; a lasting acceptance of the conflicting… Continue reading →
At this point, I like to perceive Celine and Jesse as one person. These two are so remarkably connected that watching them converse is the equivalent of watching a singular brain battle at its beliefs and thoughts. It’s cute. ❤ Before Sunset is an audacious sequel to the 1995 dramatic cult classic Before Sunrise that… Continue reading →
Long-take conversations, radiating chemistry, meticulous directing, genuine acting quirks, and down-to-earth dialogue; movie lived up to the hype! Before Sunrise captures the common, natural first-time connection we find ourselves as humans falling into irregularly. My mind is still pissed off by the idea that this entirely believable relationship dispensed on-screen was devised from the brain… Continue reading →
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) I don’t think I’ve seen a movie with a heart quite the size of It’s A Wonderful Life’s. This is one of the most vibrant, hopeful, and spirited films I’ve ever laid witness to. I can sincerely understand why any cinephile would claim it to be one of the greatest… Continue reading →
2022 is the first year that I’ve surpassed watching one-hundred movies which were released either limitedly or widely in America from the same annual timespan. As a result, there was no way I wouldn’t be making a celebratory list for 2022 of the best of the best, and I’m excited to share another twenty movies… Continue reading →
Avatar: The Way of the Water is arguably better than its predecessor at least from this angle: for what’s proceeding a mega project hindered by James Cameron’s poetic ambition to be thematically rich and at the same time a crowd-pleaser, this follow-up is surprisingly lightweight in regard to its themes. The pairing of predictable AI-generated… Continue reading →
“I hate people like that that know everything; they just always are like: ‘Well, no, this is how it is. Who are you to tell me how it is?’” So I guess two David Cronenberg movies came out this year. People habitually mislead themselves with documented “acts” that insight change so that they don’t have… Continue reading →
Another full theater for Mr. Kar-wai. We should always expect nothing less. My previous review of Fallen Angels is rubbish… or at least the first paragraph of it is. The aesthetic here is NOT identical to Chungking Express (1994). This is without a doubt Kar-wai’s most intentionally funny, his most violent, and really his most… Continue reading →
Jacques Demy Marathon Part II of III This Jean guy has got to learn how to have some independence for himself, sheesh. Quite the L when we allow chance to judge a person’s character, but in all fairness, that sort of sounds like the foundation for almost every encounter ever. The thing about gambling though… Continue reading →
Screened at The Frida Cinema “Do you think that God is going to save you for being stupid?” There is something extremely important about the time period in which Paul Thomas Anderson chooses here because it very much is needed to embody the great foreshadowing of today. Throughout history, there have been all types of… Continue reading →
Burning the Celluloid 