Directed by Todd Phillips Joker seems to be split among critics and fans. Critics are lukewarm at best, pointing out some of the unfair representations of mental illness and the way the film borrows a whole heck of a lot from Taxi Driver and King of Comedy (and maybe Nightcrawler too), but fans just seem to love it … Continue reading Joker (2019)
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The Yakuza (1974)
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)
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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