Directed by Sydney Pollack "A Yakuza pays his debts/A Yakuza does his duty/A man without debt/A man without duty/Is not a man." This is the song sung midway through Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza and which sums up the philosophy which guides the characters of the film. It's an eastern philosophy into which the western character, Harry Kilmer … Continue reading The Yakuza (1974)
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First Reformed (2017)
Directed by Paul Schrader First Reformed is great. It's the type of movie I eat up, you know that kind of arthouse, slow burn type of character study. It's another A24 release, shot in a square ratio like last year's A Ghost Story. Like that film this one is quiet, so stripped of music and dialogue … Continue reading First Reformed (2017)
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