Oh Greta, you've outdone yourself.
Like many, this is my first exposure to this story and I feel comfortable saying it's as good of an introduction if not better than reading Alcott's novel.
This Little Women is bursting at the seams with energy and confidence. The film was at its best for me when the 4 sisters chatting over each other sustaining 4 conversations at once in the cozy confines of the March home. Like her last film, this feels…
Nothing hits quite like a pulpy, throwaway airport thriller turned into a prestige drama. That this flows this smoothly and builds to a satisfying emotional and almost lyrical denoument makes it all the more wonderful.
In this particular moment in time (I will never write that phrase again, I promise) I also think it’s an important statement that we are not our institutions, and our institutions are not us. The importance of releasing ourselves from the past. How suspicious we all should be of those who seek power, and the things they’ll do when they have it.
Love da movies.
Phantom Thread is a rare film that feels like it revels in its exclusivity. This is a story conceived by married people, for married people.
Despite being difficult to penetrate, I still got lost in the performances and shell-shocked by PTA's latest evolution. Starting with a movie about porn and making it to a pitch-black relationship drama makes for an exciting chapter in PTA's career.
As great as PTA is, the star of this movie is Daniel Day-Lewis. This may…
I knew basically nothing about this movie when I walked into the theater tonight. Boy, am I glad I did that.
Turns out, Thoroughbreds is just as good of a movie as it is a surprise. Cory Finley's directorial debut is one of the most assured and palpably entertaining debuts I've seen in some time. I could have watched the scenes with Anya Taylor Joy (who was great) and Olivia Cooke (who was better) for 3 more hours. I hope they all work together sometime soon.
When I go to the cinema 60+ times a year, I’m partly doing it to join in on the overall film conversation and to follow the careers of my favorite directors or stories.
But the biggest reason I go is because I’m chasing a feeling. It’s a feeling I get when I hear a certain melody, meet a certain person or in the case of Lady Bird, see a certain movie. I don’t know how to describe the feeling other than…
Fuckin' Linklater.
Who gave him the right to make a movie about baseball that explores the ever-changing music scene of the late 70's and early 80's that is so funny and enjoyable, featuring a cast full of great characters and brilliant performances. I never wanted it to end. Gimme a sequel chronicling the baseball season and I'll be the happiest idiot alive.
*wipes the tears away*
Fuckin' Linklater
The spiritual successor to Spotlight, which was the spirutual successor to The Insider, which was the spiritual successor to All The Presidents Men which was…. you get it.
I’m forever stuck between wanting to watch at least one elevated journalism movie every couple years and the realization that these movies only get made about the most heinous fucking topics imagineable.
Can already feel this one getting slept on and I am choosing to get preemptively mad about it.
The 2015 version will probably always be my favorite (until Macbeth in space is made. Come on, Hollywood!) but as all adaptations of a story this old should, it reimagines the text in visually imaginative way.
Setting the action in a location so bare and sterile lays extra weight on the performances, which masterfully carry it.
This might be a Mt. Rushmore movie for Denzel and Frances, I especially loved how erratic this Macbeth was compared to past interpretations like Fassbender, who leans more into mania than paranoia.
Could also be my favorite Macbeth death to date. Masterful shit.
First off, while I have been to the movies several times pre and post vaccine, this was my first trip to Cinemapolis, the local indie theater in Ithaca NY, since I saw Little Women in December ‘19. That was pretty awesome in and of itself. The popcorn! Yum!!
As an added bonus, the movie I saw was pretty good too! I basically knew nothing coming in and I was treated to a silly little movie full of funny people.
Shoutout to Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub (from the AT&T commercials) especially.
Kinda concerned/angry there was no reference to Uncle Bernie that I could find. WTH?
The 2 1/2 star rating was made for this movie: often boring, has mega-cringey 3rd wall breaking but also features Tilda Swinton driving around in a smartcar and cutting zombies heads off with a katana.
Yeah, this is probably the best documentary I've ever seen. Not counting the U2 stuff, of course.
Three Identical Strangers tells the fascinating story of three brothers separated at birth. And that's all I'm going to say.
This story has to be seen to be believed. In the past few years, The Last Jedi is the only other thing I've seen that you need to see spoiler-free.
Just give it the Oscar already.
Grade: 9.5/10
ALTERNATE TITLE: Fight Club, But Good
In the span of a few days, I watched the worst movie MoviePass Ventures will ever release, and perhaps the best. Crazy.
If not for Hell or High Water, American Animals would be the best heist film since Ocean's 11.
Bart Layton's slick, inventive writing and direction gave this genre the breath of fresh air it needed. Which was all the more apparent on the heels of Ocean's 8, which was the genre on…