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.
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.
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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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.
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.
A departure from his earlier ‘hyperlink’ films, Inarritu’s soul-searching work features Cannes Best Actor winner Javier Bardem, as a story about one man’s relationship with his community, family and existential self unfolds rewardingly.
Eggers’ most commercial work has little to savour narratively, though it is backed by committed performances from Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Skarsgard, and immersive world-building, as the filmmaker regresses somewhat into self-parody and overindulgence.
A textbook example of how to produce a handsome adaptation of an iconic novel, Polanski fashions a naturalistic if elegiac tale featuring an excellent Nastassja Kinski in a breakthrough performance.
While Ray’s adaptation of his own mystery novel may feel protracted at times, its unhurried nature provides the simple pleasures of a laidback adventure as Feluda the detective must curtail the plans of two bumbling crooks exploiting a hallucinating kid.
Works as a drinking game ‘midnight B-movie’ for cultists, this teenage-girls-visit-haunted-house psychedelic head trip entertains with its over-the-top and bewildering horror-comedy and creative special effects.
