Hayao Miyazaki has done it. I figured there was a chance that one of his films would become an instant favorite of mine before I dove into his work, and I was right, Kiki's Delivery Service is one of my new favorite films.
Similar to My Neighbor Totoro and contrasting Miyazaki's earlier work, Kiki's is an incredibly small stakes, simple film that is at its core, one of the most profound and relatable coming of age stories of all time.…
This lost Best Picture to Gladiator. That happened.
Anyway, yeah Traffic is a a masterpiece. Steven Soderbergh's crafts an intimate, epic that interweaves different lives affected by different aspects of the war on drugs in perhaps his greatest directorial accomplishment. He was already one of my favorite directors of all time but this cemented him in my top 5.
Ensemble pieces that tie the lives of multiple people, who don't seem connected, together is one of my favorite types of…
Good of course but it dragged so much and so often a lot of the time I dicnt care unfortunately. Still superbly made though so I respect the hell out of it. Will definitely have to reevaluate in the future.
Starts off very interesting and promising then just steers off into nonsense midway through and I completely zoned out. The animation and sheer originality of it all are worth celebrating though.
Uh I don't got much to say other than that was completely transfixing and beautiful. Riz Ahmed deserves everything you can throw at him.
I often forget about how I should count my blessings that we live in a time where Spike Lee is making movies. With Da 5 Bloods he delivers one of his absolute best joints, and I do not say that lightly. Featuring some of the absolute best editing, camerawork, and direction of his career, the film has so much to say and is filled to the brim with incredible performances. Netflix MUST push for Delroy in the best leading actor…
