Hamaguchi keeps his style in an otherwise wholly original philosophical essay.
Challengers (2024) – Movie Review
Rarely does such a dynamic movie offer so many layers to obsess over.
La Chimera (2024) – Movie Review
A self-reflective flight of fancy into a timeless world of unfulfilled love.
Drive-Away Dolls (2024) – Movie Review
Drive-Away Dolls has all the elements of a classic Coen production: there is a crime, there are various characters moving on either side of the law, and absolutely nobody knows what they’re doing.
All of Us Strangers (2024) – Movie Review
Is a heavy hand bad when it works?
Dune: Part Two (2024) – Movie Review
It is so rare for a movie to deliver on a promise to the extent that Dune: Part Two does on everything the first part promised.
The Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023) – Movie Review
It’s hard to recommend a movie that swerves so wildly from Wikipedia article to TV drama, even with two great performances at its core. I will say that trapped in the confines of a trans-Atlantic flight, it made me cry like six times, so make of that what you will!
Priscilla (2024) – Movie Review
Between Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (which I hated) and Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla (which I mostly liked), I think it’s time to prohibit biopics from involving the real subject or their descendants in their production.
The Zone of Interest (2023) – Movie Review
Is it gauche to say I just expected more? The problem, for me, is that I don’t know what new shades of the well-treaded concept of the banality of evil this movie fills in that require more than, say, the first couple of scenes to play out.
Perfect Days (2023) – Movie Review
How can an ode to normalcy become extraordinary?
The Film Tower 