Sometime in late-December, after attending the very first public screening of the film, I made a vow that I would revisit Licorice Pizza at the same theatre, on the same print, at the same seat, on the final day of its Toronto 70mm theatrical run. It's nice to re-experience this film, even with the viewing being a rather grim reminder of Anderson's subliminal sociological critique. The audience this time around was uncomfortably dead; a crowd suitably silent for the final…
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She Came to Me 2023
Flattering attendees with its passionate depictions of contemporary love, The 73rd Berlinale officially opened its Golden-Bear gates with Rebecca Miller’s She Came To Me. Her film is both subversive and seductive; a screwball comedy that offers more than what initially meets the eye. Miller dissects all essential power-roles in our social-media dependent society. To combat dimensionless archetypes, her narrative investigates the authentic root behind one of the most pressing questions of our laborious era. With keen prudence, Miller asks her…
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Infinity Pool 2023
Shocked that nobody informed me that Infinity Pool was a comedy before my initial viewing, but I'm not surprised given the Cronenberg family's pre-established taste for dark-humour. While not as sharp nor as terrifying as Possessor, I was still invigorated by baby Cronenberg's authentic world-building and social satire. Incorporating biblical subtext within its shared universe of one man's journey towards a wealthier and more sinister cause, Cronenberg creates a Kafkaesque takedown on the tourism industry and the top 1%'s fascination…
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Radioactive 2019
The greatest threat to modern cinema isn’t streaming services, comic book flicks, or even trend-setting cinematic universes…
It’s the rise of the Oscar-bait biopic.
Taking the life of an influential figure, and minimizing their entire career into a cramped two hour-sub run time seems ludicrous. The existence of this genre to begin with, is simply meant to pander towards nostalgia driven elders, who crave for cinematic fantasies to re-live their idols of yesteryear. In 2019 alone, we have films based…
