Griffin Schiller

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The French Dispatch 2021

★★★ Watched by Griffin Schiller 27 Nov 2021

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Wes Anderson isn’t for me so to say this film, the most Wes Anderson thing EVER, didn’t work for me…definitely tracks. That being said, this managed to be this weird concoction of a visual feast, annoyingly overwhelming (even for Wes), and…boring? Legitimately none of the narrative seemed to have a point and if it did was buried in the excess of Wes’s style.
Jeffrey Wright is fantastic though! Honestly, the 3rd story as a whole was the most enjoyable. Closest to Grand Budapest (only Wes I actually love) and the cartoon chase is amazing.
Don't Look Up 2021

★★★★★ Watched by Griffin Schiller 27 Nov 2021 4

WOW…even as someone looking forward to Don’t Look Up I was BEYOND floored by this film. Adam McKay continues to cement himself as one of the great American filmmakers/satirists as he scathes the infuriating, blood boiling, moronic, sad, state of our world today (specifically in America). He eviscerates our self obsessed social media bubble, “the image,” our inability to have real fucking serious adult conversations about LITERAL life or death situations. There’s always an agenda and it almost ALWAYS benefits…