Nostalgia is usually emanated within happiness, filled with a yearning to return and relive a time so dear to oneself. It is typically instilled with a mentality full of positive feelings and Nobuhiko Obayashi certainly is no stranger to this, often filming past time periods in a manner that reflects childhood impulses alongside an overall fascination with the world that is shaped by a youthful consciousness. Yet with The Discarnates, Obayashi taps into a completely different side of nostalgia that…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
CMON BABY CMON DARLING
LET ME STEAL THIS MOMENT FROM YOU NOW
CMON ANGEL CMON CMON DARLING
LET’S EXCHANGE THE EXPERIENCEThe seismic burst of sound that occurs right after this statement of love in Running Up That Hill is what the entirety of this film feels like.
Everything Everywhere All At Once is as much of an empathy machine as it is an absurd inter dimensional sci-fi extravaganza. So rewarding that on a third watch I find myself just feeling even more…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
"Maybe there is something that explains why you still went looking for me through all of this mess."
Don’t think I’ve ever seen a film that’s left me so baffled at what I’m witnessing and yet had me so on board with every single one of its stupidly creative flourishes; all while simultaneously amplifying its emotional intensity as it delves into a multiverse of staggering potential and the overflowingly heartfelt dynamics that hold it all together with a whirlwind of pathos
A miracle of filmmaking honestly
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Paths of Glory 1957
[This review isn't great, but I like to think of it as a time capsule of my feelings back then]
"Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion."
As soon as this film ended and as soon as I wiped away the tears, I sat there astonished. There are not many films that are able to do that but Paths of Glory absolutely did.…