Call Me by Your Name (2017)
“You know, when you least expect it, nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot.” Somewhere in Northern Italy, we’re told. Early 80’s, the title cards read and the […]
“You know, when you least expect it, nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot.” Somewhere in Northern Italy, we’re told. Early 80’s, the title cards read and the […]
“Is anybody tired of reading the news instead of reporting it?” Lifting off on the gusting winds of multiple cultural zeitgeists – of the past and of the immediate present […]
“Where do you think the word bull comes from? It ain’t from chicken.” In a year that’s featured no animated film I’ve absolutely loved – Lego Batman was probably my favorite, followed […]
“We’re just playing!” There’s a scene in The Florida Project that’s so guileless, so utterly uncalculated in its observations that I sat there shaking my head in admiration of its beauty. While […]
“No one is above money.” At a bit of a bloated 2 hours and 12 minutes long, All the Money in the World is reminiscent of a grueling restaurant wait with an […]
“Ghetto fairy tales.” Within the first 10 minutes of Bright – a lazy buddy cop movie set in an alternate reality of the most fantastical extremes, masquerading around with great ideals of […]
“If I told you about her, what would I say? I wonder.” Watching a Guillermo del Toro film can be an exhaustive, drowning, practically purgative process. It’s easy to […]
“You need something alive.” Gaudy, gregarious, and indiscriminately empowering, The Greatest Showman is like a vivid dream that you watch with eyes wide open. Technically speaking, that’s not always a good thing […]
“What won’t they think of next?” For roughly 45 minutes or so – approximately 1/3 of the film’s increasingly tiresome duration – Downsizing is all aces. It’s intelligent, witty, and the art […]
“A game for those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind.” Nobody likes a know-it-all or a smart ass. That is unless you yourself are one. […]