Gilly Del Toro makes a fatalistic, twisted carnival horror/neo-noir? Yeah sign me up. Geeks, grifters, patricide, femme fatales; Del Toro steps away from the supernatural and explores the monstrous side of humanity through a character study of the doomed protagonist. A throwback to classic noir films Bradley Cooper plays a carnival con man touring as “Master Stanton” with his new love and assistant Molly (the electric Rooney Mara). But when an encounter with sultry and devious psychoanalyst Lilith Ritter (Cate…
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The Batman 2022
The Batman is a hard boiled 40s noir crossed with a 90s serial killer thriller where Batman finally flexes his muscles as the World's Greatest Detective. This is Year Two Batman; he's still learning, makes mistakes while still being brilliant and brutally efficient. With little to no fantasy elements the film feels visceral and real world with a story, tone and mood that I found completely engaging for the entire, perhaps a smidge too long, runtime. A damaged Bruce Wayne.…
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In a Lonely Place 1950
In a Lonely Place casts Bogie as a cynical, cruel screenwriter in need of a hit and utterly unconcerned about a young hat-check girl who is murdered after his careless treatment of her in prepping a script. Dix Steele, yeah thats right Dix Steele, is a sophisticate with a short fuse that keeps his inner circle on constant edge.When he falls for his beautiful alibi and neighbor Laurel Grey played by the strikingly seductive Gloria Grahame, an uneasy romance is…
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The Beatles: Get Back 2021
Paul McCartney coming up with a tune while waiting for John to arrive and it quickly forming into Get Back was the most exhilarating 15 minutes of film I've seen all year.
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