In the end, aren't we all just a bunch of violent, sociopathic assholes hurtling through space, trying to figure out how to raise the next generation better?
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BlacKkKlansman 2018
Spike Lee is not a subtle storyteller. Themes that would likely be treated as subtext by many, if not most, other filmmakers are often put front and center as text for him. If it's worth saying, it's likely worth saying loudly for Lee. This approach can seem hamhanded and clunky when it doesn't work, but bold and daring when it does. Often, there's enough room in his films for a balance of both and it can be an open question…
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L.A. Confidential 1997
"The Night Owl case made you. Do you want to tear all that down?"
"With a wrecking ball. You want to help me swing it?"
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The Favourite 2018
Turning Lanthimos' idiosyncratic wit and gaze on a historical tale is an interesting experiment that mainly pays off as a portrait of how all politics is personal. The ensemble is stellar and the filmmaking is unsurprisingly impressive.
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Disobedience 2017
Rachels Weisz and McAdams, along with Alessandro Nivola, give impressive performances that ooze with stifled emotion wholly appropriate for a story about true love suppressed by religion. And Lelio's direction deals with the balance of subtle emotional moments and rightfully overbearing religiosity and its attached symbolism in a masterful way. At heart, it's a classical chamber drama with a 21st century sensibility.
