This is highly-accomplished raunchy comedy filmmaking for the modern age, and no doubt one of the best films of 2009.
Tag / USA
Joker (2019)
Continue reading →What a strange and risk-taking studio movie this is—a disturbingly-violent Hollywood-style if also arthouse-type character study that just about holds everything together thanks to a killer performance by Joaquin Phoenix.
Port Authority (2019)
Continue reading →This debut feature may be raw at times, but there’s an undeniable organic quality to the filmmaking about a young man who meets a trans woman in the New York kiki scene.
Midsommar (2019)
Ari Aster’s sophomore effort may be too disturbing for the uninitiated viewer, but its strange, otherworldly quality is an experience like no other.
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Hereditary (2018)
Not even Toni Collette’s arresting performance or the film’s excellent craftsmanship can save this rather uncompelling and overrated horror mystery.
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Ad Astra (2019)
Continue reading →An immensely well-crafted hero’s tale through space that explores existential ideas at a deliberate pace, but its final landing is not entirely convincing.
Lost City of Z, The (2016)
Continue reading →A remarkably-realized film about the great British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, yet it is James Gray’s patience with pacing that is most rewarding, with the film unfolding like a traditional biopic in the mould of an inspired tone poem on obsession and mystery.
It Chapter 2 (2019)
Continue reading →A weaker, overdrawn sequel that doesn’t quite know where to take the characters to—but it can be frightening at times, though also emotionally shallow.
It (2017)
Continue reading →A straightforward adaptation of Stephen King’s novel that offers thrills and spills through an orthodox, tick-the-checkbox style horror movie, though the solid cast chemistry should win you over.
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Continue reading →A high point in Gregg Araki’s inconsistent career that tackles a taboo subject matter whilst balancing its dreamy filmmaking style with raw fervour.
