Directed by Kent Jones In some ways, at least from a poor description of the plot, this is a slasher movie. It might not seem that way, definitely not from the trailer, but it is. Diane tells the quiet story of a woman caring for friends and family, some already dying, some soon to die … Continue reading Diane (2018)
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Black Mother (2018)
Directed by Khalik Allah Black Mother is a textured dreamlike visual poem taking us through life and death and the streets of Jamaica. The opening images inspired some sort of deja vu, but by the end it felt like even the simplest shots were things I had never seen before. It's an awe-inspiring journey, at … Continue reading Black Mother (2018)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Directed by Tim Burton Beetlejuice is a macabre wonder. It's a blend of the same bright, colorful, purposefully Mayberry-esque small town that you see in David Lynch's Blue Velvet, with the dark and slimy world of something like a German expressionist horror film. Adam and Barbara (Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis), are a happilyy married couple in that … Continue reading Beetlejuice (1988)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Directed by Martin Brest Death is quite sultry and naive in Meet Joe Black, perhaps the most unlikely three hour movie of all time. Brad Pitt plays a young, frosted tip'd enthusiastic man in a coffee shop who lights on fire the world of Susan Parrish (Claire Forlani). Then he gets hit by a car and … Continue reading Meet Joe Black (1998)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Directed by the Coen Brothers The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is about death, even as it starts as a broad comedy and certainly as it transitions into a surreal drama. It's a Coen Brothers' comedy in the mostly in the style of Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, and Intolerable Cruelty. Also O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Hail, Caesar! These … Continue reading The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Winter Light (1963)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Paster Tomas' plight is such a bare, direct expression of his existential crisis. His overt vulnerability is hard to take but also hard to deny because the rigidity of his devout despair refuses cliche or sentimentality. Instead it's almost robotic, like a programmed emotional breakdown, a … Continue reading Winter Light (1963)
The Sacrifice (1986)/The Dead (1987)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky; John Huston I recently watched both Andrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice and John Huston's The Dead and came away with a strong sense of how I felt but little understanding of how to talk about these movies. Both movies, though, have so much in common that it's almost as if they are made to … Continue reading The Sacrifice (1986)/The Dead (1987)
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