How do we process our memories? How do we wrestle with who our loved ones really are? How do we deal with revelations about our past? This film is an incredible example of this processing, wrestling, engaging with our past […]
Asymmetrical, yet perfectly balanced. This quote about one of the church buildings featured here is a perfect summation of the feel of this film. It is impeccably shot, and I was blown away by the way Kogonada uses the space […]
This was a delightfully devastating surprise of a film. After watching Marcel the Shell and Banshees of Inisherin recently, I was not expecting to find any more funny-sad films that I liked more than those. But Panahi takes the cake […]
I don’t know why simultaneously-funny-and-devastatingly-sad is my vibe, but it is. And this movie is very much my vibe. I laughed more than I expected and felt devastated a bit more than I expected too. Farrell and Gleeson are phenomenal […]
This film is absolutely wonderful. It is rich, quaint, beautiful, subdued, and powerful. So many things at the same time. Kogonada is able to create a whole new type of AI sci-fi from the world, to the atmosphere, to the […]
Good Lord! Those last 30 minutes absolutely wrecked me. I bawled big, fat, hot tears like a baby. If ever there was an example of a slow burn movie that builds up to a huge emotional pay off, this is […]
This review may contain spoilers. It’s hard to unpack it all, but I really loved this movie. Maybe it’s just the lingering high of having just seen it, but The Batman is right up there with The Dark Knight, and it […]
This review may contain spoilers. This is an absolutely mind-blowing, mind-numbing, captivating film. I was blown away when it ended. There’s not much to say that hasn’t already been said about this from a filmmaking perspective. It’s incredible all around: acting, […]
Below is an original poem inspired by this film: What is life but the death of another?What is light without shadows and hues?What is advancement but the withering of promising green?What is progress but the washing away of a grave? Black […]
Honestly, I didn’t even realize this was the same director as A Separation until I started looking more into the film after finishing it. Is there another director that has a better pulse on the gray area that runs between […]
