In an industry full of bland, empty blockbuster filmmaking that feel like they were created in a executive office, having unique, ambitious filmmakers like Baz Luhrmann (along with The Wachowski Sisters) bringing their own personal visions to the silver screen is now more important than ever. Most of Luhrmann's films attempt to combine the techniques and mythologies of stage theatrics and motion pictures while contorting these standard conventions to fit the medium of film; which Ana Kristel Gamboa calls in…
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Cloud Atlas 2012
Within the universe of Cloud Atlas, experiences and stories of past lives (in the boundaries of spoken, written, visual, and auditory media) impact the future in positive or negative means. Race, gender, and sexuality are only illusions; distractions of our main purpose. Instead, each individual life are tightly bound together by relationships and encounters with one another. As characters create missteps for themselves and slowly attempt to redeem each fault throughout their existence, the film opens itself up more and…
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American Fiction 2023
Yet another example of an exceptional cast doing exceptional work; elevating such a dated, tonally confused script. But those final 10 minutes? Disastrous…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
Parts of this film look uncanny like when you create AI generated photos after typing “sci-fi guy on desert planet”. I didn’t hate the first one, but the flaws felt more apparent this time around. Made me wish I was watching Matrix Trilogy, which is practically the same narrative except fun. Unsure if I still like Denis or not…
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Sleeping with Other People 2015
Next to Frances Ha, I can't think of another film that uses David Bowie's Modern Love as well as its done here.