Mississippi Burning (1988). Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
In so many ways, this movie feels like a product of its time. Sure, the performances are uniformly excellent, but it's desire to whitewash (pun intended) the FBI's relationship to the civil rights movement, and to tunnel vision a white, male perspective of what is very much Not That Story is impossible to ignore. I don't know, it's hard to really give it a rating that feels reflective of it on its own as a result, so let's go three stars for Willem Dafoe and his little glasses - truly one of the best actors of his generation. 6/10.
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rewatching nope (2022) today bc it's my day off and god everything about this movie is sooooooooooo. it's so good. truly can't remember the last time I was in a theater kicking my feet giggling bc a film was so well put together like truly every other minute I was staring at the screen in awe like holy shit they did that!! how did they do that that is so cool!! the sound design, the set design, the characters, the THEMES and the NARRATIVE, the blocking in certain scenes. THAT FUCKING ALIEN girl I'm sorry I'll never be normal about this movie
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The cinematography on hundred thousand out here taking us From two Free Birds
To lonely lil fish
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How the West Was Won, John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
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hélène louvart.... i love you hélène louvart
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The Killing Fields (1984). A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
There's a lot to like in this harrowing film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, from the friendship between Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran's to the sublime cinematography. I particularly appreciate the way the film used the American journalism angle as an entry point but stayed with Dith's journey in Cambodia afterwards. It felt almost like a way to trojan horse a broader audience into the story, and it's particularly compelling given that act is by far the strongest of the film. Pretty solid, albeit also pretty flawed. 7/10.
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Ben Whishaw and Andrew Scott are both nominated at the Indie Spirit Awards this year! Hope they both win!
yesss i saw!!!! but i'm pretty sure they won't win, haha. i feel like charles melton is getting supporting, and greta lee will prob be best lead (don't quote me on this)
also ira (director) and franz (lead) were nominated, and passages for best picture. poor adele, the only one snubbed 😔😔😔😔
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