#Film_review

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

List of articles criticizing Ilsa Faust’s character arc in “Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One” (2023)

https://www.insider.com/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-1-fails-female-charaters-again-2023-7

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44459129/mission-impossible-7-ilsa-death-rebecca-ferguson/

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-makes-a-mistake-with-rebecca-fergusons-ilsa-faust/

https://slate.com/culture/2023/07/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-ilsa-faust-ethan-twist.html?via=rss_socialflow_twitter

https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/mission-impossible-7-bye-to-rebecca-fergusons-ilsa-faust.html

https://www.slashfilm.com/1336359/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-most-emotional-moment/

https://www.cbr.com/mission-impossible-7-kills-ilsa-faust-too-soon/

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a44535964/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-ilsa-faust-death/

https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/spoilers-did-this-mission-impossible-character-have-to-die.php

https://collider.com/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-1-too-many-characters/

https://collider.com/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-ethan-hunt-ilsa-faust-death/

https://collider.com/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-ilsa-death/

https://screenrant.com/mission-impossible-7-ilsa-faust-death-explained/

https://screenrant.com/mission-impossible-7-ilsa-faust-fridging-problem/

https://www.looper.com/1335640/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-major-error-killing-ilsa/

https://nerdist.com/article/did-ethan-hunt-fake-ilsa-faust-death-in-mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one/

https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/i-saw-mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-1-and-have-complaint-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-ai

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-ilsa-faust-chris-mcquarrie-women

https://www.gamesradar.com/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-ilsa-faust-still-alive/

https://consequence.net/2023/07/mission-impossible-women/

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-ilsa-faust-rebecca-ferguson

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/is-that-mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-character-really-dead/

[nancydrewwouldnever]

I think this is pretty accurate about Chris and Ana. Could this be the reason why he's been so vocal about preferring supporting roles? Self-awareness.

All of these shortcomings could almost be forgiven had the spark been there between our two leads. I keep coming back to it, but not only is there zero chemistry here—even in the scenes where they might actually be sharing some physical space—I’m not entirely convinced that Ana de Armas and Chris Evans are strong enough performers to carry a film on their shoulders even if the material had been stronger. I liked Evans in Snowpiercer, and he can be quite charming in the right supporting role, but his status in the industry has never felt proportional to his raw acting skill to me. The same is true—and even more so—for Ana de Armas, an actor who I’ve yet to see put on a performance that I was impressed by, or believed at all, if I’m being frank.

Link to the review in case anyone is interested:https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/do-ana-de-armas-and-chris-evans-even-share-physical-space-in-ghosted.php

The comments are fun. LOL.

I think it's a fair assessment for Chris. He does do far better in supporting roles, and he's said openly it's because the pressure is off him in that context. I believe he does get a little freaked out and anxious at being the lead; I think the responsibility of it does weigh on him.

However, I really like Ana in Knives Out and the Bladerunner sequel, so I'll disagree with the commenter on that.

[torley]

Yeah, yeah: Glass Onion is finally out on Netflix, it's already their #1-ranked English-language film globally for the week, and it's spawned its own staggeringly unnecessary Online Discourse. Don't get me wrong, though. I ain't mad at it! It's all...

[y00mina]

2.18.19

happy new year

The Last Emperor

Farewell My Concubine

Truman Show

The End of The F***ing World

The Spectacular Now

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

Silver Linings Playbook

[laufire]

Glad to know I wasn’t the only one who made this connection after hearing the spoilers for both of these.

CW for discussions about sexual assault in the article.

[fstopcollective]

#Repost @emulsivefilm with @get_repost ・・・ Unexpected adventures with expired @ILFORDphoto FP4 PLUS film - by @Julian.Higgs I have never used expired film or used a bulk loader until now. Not however for any particular reason, probably just because I simply didn’t feel the need to. I had been given a bulk loader and a handful of reloadable cassettes in a collection of darkroom gear by a retired professional. He no longer […] Read on at the link in the bio. Filed under: #Articles, #Film_Reviews, #ILFORD_Film_Stock_Reviews, #Reviews, #ILFORD, #ILFORD_FP4_PLUS, #ILFORD_ILFOTEC_LC29, #Julian_Higgs, #Olympus_OM1 #shootfilmbenice #filmphotography #believeinfilm (at Flitwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4w9ua0n_0H/?igshid=1xgbgddwccvd7

[thirstyformack]

Family is messy, and it can claim surprise victims in its crannies that you can never anticipate. For all of Happiest Season’s Hallmark-sheen broadness, it gets that, down deep into its peppermint-striped and chestnut-scented marrow. Full Article >>

[anirbanroy99]

#MAR

#MAKAUT

#FILM_REVIEW

Name: Anirban Roy

U Roll No.- 10600318016

Reg No.181060110038 of 2018-2019

Film title:- DUNKIRK

Let’s cut right to the chase. Christopher Nolan is probably my favourite working director, and going five thousand words deep on his career after “Dunkirk” was an itch I’d been waiting to scratch for nearly a decade. “The Dark Knight” was my dorm-room poster movie — I’m part of the generation that explored films through the IMDb Top 250 growing up — though as my cinematic horizons expanded and my understanding of storytelling grew, I didn’t leave Nolan’s work behind as I did the likes of “Scarface” and “The Boondock Saints.” What’s more, each new film by Nolan hits me like a tonne of bricks. I’m waiting, almost eagerly, for him to disappoint me. It hasn’t happened yet, and I needed to finally sit down and figure out why.

In “Convergence At ‘Dunkirk,’” by far the longest piece I’ve ever written, I’d like to think I unpacked a decade worth of my awe and admiration, for a filmmaker who uses the studio canvas to explore human beings through our relationship to time. Tarkovsky referred to cinema as “sculpting in time.” Time disorients. Time connects us. Time travels, at different speeds, depending on one’s relationship to it, whether in dreams or in war or in outer space, and time can be captured, explored and dissected on screen.

What’s more, Nolan’s films manipulate truth as much as time, as another force relative to human perception, determining our trajectories and interpersonal dynamics in fundamental ways. All this is something I think I knew, instinctively, as a teenage viewer, but putting words to these explorations, each from a different time yet connected intrinsically, is the written criticism that I most stand by. It felt like something that I was meant to write, as I interrogated my own evolving emotional responses to art as time went on.

(The photo below is a poster of the 'Dunkirk' film)

[cliffordbradshawcharleykringas]

The quartet of egocentric losers who try to hijack a vulnerable young woman’s life for their own agenda is just too darn loveable to Murphy. He seems to care way more about them and their cuddly anti-heroism than Emma and her fight against homophobia. The Prom is dependent on nailing the balance between snark and sincerity, mocking the actors while allowing them wriggle room to eat crow and do something good for once in their lives, but Murphy has never been great at walking such a precarious tonal tightrope. If anything, he probably could have stood to be meaner about the main characters, but it’s clear that he likes them more than even the source material does.

yeah pretty much

[torley]

One of my favorite details is the fact that Alpha has Tourette Syndrome, though it’s never acknowledged in any way during the movie. It’s just a part of her character

[marysfoxmask]

this review is spot on!

[hedwig-dordt]

An article accurately describing all the reasons I adore Daniel Craig.

[rapeculturerealities]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you work in an industry dominated by white men, you will inevitably experience a lot of creepy sexism. Alas, white men seem to dominate literally every industry, so this chaos is unavoidable, but it’s especially prevalent in the world of pop culture criticism. You don’t have to look far to find reviews of films, TV shows, albums, and so on, that descend into the super unnerving territory. There are far too many critics who seem to think, much like the celebrity profile, that reviews are permission for them to share their sexual fantasies. Other times, they act as though their occupation gives them the right to offend or attack, under the guise of critical theory. As we continue our conversations on the necessity of diversity in criticism and entertainment, let us never forget the creepy and sexist reviews that plagued us for so many years. Let us learn from them. And be grossed out by them.

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[wearevillaneve]

Don’t look to an academy/old boys club of rich, White guys to give women an opportunity to make films.   Definitely don’t look to an academy/old boys club of rich White men to give women the recognition they deserve for making films.  The Academy Awards/Old Boys Club is as diverse as the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries and just as pale. Look to yourself for your validation.  Take the responsibility to support films directed by women.   Don’t count on rich White guys to do it for you.