"civil behavior is what distinguishes us from the lower forms. it's what enables us to communicate, to go about things in an orderly fashion without attacking each other like beasts in the wild. civility must be rewarded, captain; if it isn't rewarded, then there's no use for it, no use for it at all."

in his magnum opus, day of the dead, the third and final film in the dead series, much like the two preceding before it, reflects on…

in a filmography mostly, if not entirely, defined by a keen focus on lyrical, and often sensuous, explorations of the human condition in all its various outlets, from human psychology and physicality to sexuality and desire, Claire Denis's Trouble Every Day is perhaps the masterpiece most unique, daring, effective, and quintessential in a catalog full of films that can be called such; not solely because this would see Denis aiming her sights onto the horror genre but rather how she…

if there's any director out there working today who understands this mixed feeling of malaise; of awe, and alienation, brought upon by an increasingly modern/suffocating/unrecognizable landscape, whether that be architectural or social, it would certainly be michael mann, whose work, from thief all the way to blackhat, is, in some way/shape/form, about that feeling, and if there's perhaps one film that encapsulates mann's essence and ideology more than any other, a masterpiece to stand tall above all the other masterpieces…