Todd Haynes is one of our best working directors. May December is further evidence of that. He’s in complete control of his craft and gives actors a deep sandbox to play in. He’s one of the few that gives women roles to die for. Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore give the expected deliciously mannered performances you’d expect. It’s Charles Melton though, who really shines through as the soul of the film. His Joe, while on the surface has a happy life…
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Napoleon 2023
For much of Napoleon I was transfixed by its gorgeous craft filmmaking. As for everything else, I was a bit mixed. While Joaquin Phoenix gives us a mannered eccentric Napoleon which I quite liked, l was never able to forget I was watching a performance. Vanessa Kirby as Josephine matches his oddity. It looks like they had fun with their roles frolicking in all manner of places including under a table. I was also happy to see Tahar Rahim, who…
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Basquiat 1996
Jeffrey Wright is often in supporting roles. This year he's got a rare lead one in "American Fiction". In one of his earlier roles he played the legendary artist Basquiat. He's in pretty much every scene and well worth watching this uneven attempt at portraying his rise to fame in the NYC art world. Wright is joined by a truly stacked cast. Benicio Del Toro plays Basquiat's good friend, who's with him before his rise and toward the end of…
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Glass Onion 2022
Immediately dated (pandemic jokes), too clever by half and indulgently overlong, Rian Johnson's follow-up to the refreshingly clever and entertaining Knives Out, fails to live up to the hype made by festival audiences. Or it could just be me? Chances are I'm an outlier here but I couldn't wait for it to end.
While there are plenty of funny moments and the actors do well with what they're given, spending two plus hours with most of these characters is a…
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Fresh 2022
Very distasteful but not in a good or even offensive way rather an eye-rolling one.
There’s an apparently “meet-cute” at a grocery store that I found cringy. Then there’s the tired Black best friend trope (make her Lesbian for bonus points). While chatting with her needy white friend, who tells her she got laid, she yells “get that D” while at work. Oh how hilarious. I’m just not on this film’s wavelength. I found the humor, shall I say, hate…
