Letterboxd — Your life in film

Not as excessive as its infamy suggests, this one seems quite respectful of Tina's complex perception of her own mother and their growing relationship, a binary that shapes the progression. Diana Scarwid is good, but little Mara Hobel is exceptional and matches Faye Dunaway's intensity.

Apparently this is a slow movie by today's Marvel-bullshit standards.

Always forceful and striking, Kurosawa integrates his love of theatrical morality plays (Gondo's house) with the streetwise flair his younger countrymen were exploring in those years.

The story is hard to take, but what artistry and fluidity! All at the service of a moving romanticism.

Not quite the great film I remembered, but pretty solid (if a bit too Peckinpah'ed) mix of comedic and elegiac sensibilities.

The best of this bunch, it is actually interesting in its choice of antagonist, devices and motives. The teen comedy aspect is mostly endearing, too. Still, as in all MCU films, everything looks fake as fuck and prays at the altar of military might.

Compared to Singin' in the Rain, this one doesn't match it in rhythmic propulsion, but surpasses it in lusty women.

I had never grasped the time-traversed love correspondence. I was moved. Otherwise, still a clever updating of the action flick (Cameron's militarist mindset and all).

Their fates are sealed early on. All we get to do is appreciate their humanity in strength, weakness, and love. Daisy and Jacek probably are my favorite cinema couple.

Within the visual and rhythmic splendor, the dialogues dig deep and anchor the film in longing, irony, and loss. The final shot hit me hard this time.

I found Robert Arden's uncharismatic handsomeness and inexpressive eyes quite adequate for the role... and even appealing. Love the marriage of humor and grandiloquence. (Criterion version.)

Benign tale of good-natured southerners coexisting with zooms, pans, and fish. Maybe too benign.