“Reality is not what it used to be.”
Perfect. Literally perfect. When I wanted to complete Carpenter’s filmography I decided to save this for last, as I’d always heard great things and wanted to end it on that kind of note. My God. This is one of, if not the most clever and inventive utilizations of “meta horror” I’ve ever seen, and a genuinely spine-chilling Lovecraftian thrill ride. All of Carpenter’s tricks and powers come together fucking beautifully here and…
“…and yet I live.”
Completely unlike anything I’ve seen before. Anything in TV, in film, in fiction. Probably gonna need a bit to fully process it. David Lynch seems unlikely to make another feature film or season of TV (would love more than anything to be wrong), so this appears to be the end of my journey through his career. Seeing this as his 18-hour swan song and a return to his weird world with all its familiar faces, it’s…
“I suffered beside you. I was never silent.”
Having not yet seen all of the unrivaled Martin Scorsese’s feature films (I’ll be sure to remedy that before Killers of the Flower Moon next month), Silence was one that intrigued me deeply for some time. The adaptation of Shûsaku Endô’s 1966 novel tells the story of two Portuguese Jesuit missionaries on a dangerous journey through 17th century Japan in search of their missing mentor. The grueling trip will inevitably put their…
“You don’t care about feminism, your favorite show is Entourage!”
Something that really won me over (and kinda surprised me) in this was how it doesn’t go for those real-world referential, dare I say “tiktok-esc” jokes that would age like milk in a year, and instead opts to create its own world with its own rules and the perfect amount of absurdity. The final result is painfully hilarious, excellently paced and incredibly charming. Emma Seligman just gets it. A real triumph for comedy in film.
Way more deaths and explosions than I was expecting, too 😭
Spooky, gruesome, stylish, and just so unbelievably fucking rad. What an amazing debut for Michael Giacchino as a director, he did some phenomenal work here. And of course his haunting and bombastic score goes hard too. A warmly welcomed addition to this year’s spooky season.
Thanks to my boys Harry and Gus for watching w me
As a religious (well, less so religious and more so spiritual) man myself, I’ve always found myself incredibly creeped out by overzealous Christians (one of the reasons I find Carrie to be such a frightening film), which, along with all the other explicitly disturbing content riddled throughout Antonio Campos’s The Devil All The Time, made for a pretty uncomfortable experience.
But it was an experience I’ve never quite gotten from any other movie I’ve seen before. I’m not entirely sure how…
