Backed by a sublime piano score by Ryuichi Sakamoto, this Murakami adaptation about an older man with chronic loneliness and his fashion-obsessed wife lulls viewers into a quiet trance.
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Tony Takitani (2004)
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Birdman (2014)
With the superb pounding drum score, and terrific performances by the cast, this latest effort by Mexican hotshot Inarritu is one of the most entertaining films of the year.
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Emilia Perez (2024)
Controversies aside, Audiard once again tackles admirably something outside of his comfort zone as his unorthodox musical thriller exudes the necessary vitality it needs to tell the story about a Mexican cartel boss who desires to transition into a woman and lead a new life.
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Pyaasa (1957)
Dutt’s best-known work is a musical-drama with sweeping character arcs as a struggling poet is outcast and exploited by society, leading him into a downward spiral towards oblivion.
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Complete Unknown, A (2024)
Nothing special from a storytelling standpoint, but its tick-the-boxes sincerity gives this Bob Dylan biopic the necessary foundation for a trio of exceptional Oscar-nominated performances from Timothee Chalamet, Monica Barbaro and Edward Norton.
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Inside Man (2006)
An atypical Hollywood bank robbery thriller by Spike Lee, as a criminal group executes a perfect heist in the watchful eyes of the police in this compelling piece headlined by Denzel Washington and Clive Owen.
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Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
Complex, abstract and utterly existential, Resnais’ first feature in colour deals with the past, present and future as battlegrounds of half-truths, and edited in a fragmented ‘shards-like’ style, as a woman’s ex-lover pays her a visit.
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Oscars 2025 Prediction
As per tradition, here are my predictions for the Oscars 2025!
WW: Will Win
DH: Dark Horse
Prediction Results: 15/23 (19/23 if including dark horses)
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Brutalist, The (2024)
Collaboration and exploitation are two sides of the same coin in this ambitious epic-cum-morality tale about the promise and rottenness of the American Dream, from the perspective of a Hungarian-Jewish architect who tries to build a life of dignity in the States.
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House by the River (1950)
A lesser effort by Lang as his Hitchcockian-lite crime noir sees a writer who had inadvertently killed his maid trying to implicate his brother in the covering up of the murder.
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