Eco-โterrorismโ is explored in this tense and pulsating thriller about a group of environmental activists planning to bomb an oil pipeline in Texas as they try to find a precarious balance between agency and morality.
It will surely spark more conversations on womenโs agency in dealing with sexual assault and toxic masculinity, but Polleyโs work is visually uninteresting, and the performances might sometimes feel maudlin.ย
The Danielsโ wacky vision of a โmultiverseโ action-comedy somewhat revels in its outlandish excess, and is blessed with a cast (headlined by a superb Michelle Yeoh) pretty much game to realise it to its fullest potential.
An antecedent to the likes of ‘Tenet‘, this low-budget cult sci-fi sensation about two engineers who discover that they can manipulate time feels so raw and indecipherable that it could just be paralyzingly real.
The second film of Inarrituโs โhyperlinkโ trilogy may occasionally feel overwrought by design, but the top-tier performances from Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro give it the requisite emotional intensity to work.
This could be the โMulholland Driveโ for this generationโa deliberately-paced hallucinatory deep dive into the physical and psychological realities of a world-famous (if fictional) composer-conductor that sees Todd Field and Cate Blanchett in extraordinary form.
Brandoโs only directorial effort is truly exceptionalโa soulful revenge Western with stunning picturesque imagery and a commitment to exploring and subverting the ethos of the genre.
Spielbergโs polished, but rather underwhelming workmanlike by-the-numbers tale of his formative years as a child and teenager chronicles the tension between family disputes and his passion for filmmaking.
It may be ambitious and sprawling to a fault, but Chazelleโs bravura direction and the top performances all-round keep this largely fictional tale of โ20s and โ30s Hollywood brimming with infectious energy.
It doesnโt reach the gleeful heights of the first โKnives Outโ mystery, and somewhat suffers from a regressive narrative structure that privileges explanations more than sleuthing, but it is still fun to see Daniel Craig being amused by it all.ย
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