Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Columbus blends together two medium specificities - film and architecture - marvellous sights conveyed through cinematographer Elisha Christian’s raw and unfiltered lens. Taking inspiration from the likes of Wes Anderson, Kogonada also frames with mesmerising symmetry. The architectural backdrop surrounds the brutally relatable plot of feeling lost and uncertain. Two oxymoronic characters, both with their own struggles, forming some type of bond; highlighting the problems within each other. The scene where they’re smoking over the roof of the car is one of my favourite scenes ever, truly one of the most beautiful films ever made.
Every piece fits. Every choice is carefully considered. I already can’t wait to watch this again. Genuinely feels an hour long but it’s still so layered and ambitious - echoing elements of QT’s previous work but more importantly with an electric beat of it’s own that’s so different from his others. His masterpiece in my books.
Raimi’s directorial flair is great and really what the MCU needed. Unfortunately I can’t say the same for the writing.
The Batman is a dark, brutal, thrilling noir fuelled by electric performances across the board. The already experienced Caped Crusader is impelled to his most vulnerable state seen on the big screen before as the glistening imagery and brutal action surround the untypical narrative. The Batman to Bruce equilibrium is on the surface one sided, but differently to other representations, Bruce’s emotion is genuinely envisioned through Batman’s eyes - the source of Bruce’s pain and the sacrifices he must make…
An extraordinary crossover between Gladiator, Come and See and Game of Thrones coming from the director of The Lighthouse. Exactly as you’d expect from a combination of these - brutal, manic and relentless - but with the addition of psychedelic rituals, nude fighting and wolf howling. Mental film.