Directed by Jim Jarmusch "I’m just sick of zombies, man. Like, the real zombies that are just walking around us, not paying attention to anything, letting the end of the world happen. There’s a throwaway line in Only Lovers Left Alive where the couple talks about humans being zombies — because they’re not conscious of … Continue reading The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
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Take Shelter (2011)
Directed by Jeff Nichols Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter is a story about anxiety and marriage. He wrote the story in 2008, a year into his marriage and during the financial recession of that time. Those expected worries pervade every moment of this film, a story about a man convinced there's a storm of biblical proportions on … Continue reading Take Shelter (2011)
Atlantic City (1980)
Directed by Louis Malle Lou (Burt Lancaster) is an aged gangster who longs for the mythologized days of old, and Sally (Susan Sarandon) is a young waitress who hopes to absorb some of his sophistication. Though they live next door to each other it's only over the course of a handful of days that they … Continue reading Atlantic City (1980)
Blind Chance (1987)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski Blind Chance shows us how little we are in control of our own lives, no matter what we may think. The movie is composed of three alternate realities, depicting three possibilities of what happens to Witek when he does or doesn't catch a departing train. Early on the film is lathered in … Continue reading Blind Chance (1987)
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