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Inspired by a new reader who asked for a list of my recent articles that he could read on his holiday trip home, here's a look back at some of my favorite pieces from '19.
Thanks, as always, for your kind support.
(Pinning; will update.)
Inspired by a new reader who asked for a list of my recent articles that he could read on his holiday trip home, here's a look back at some of my favorite pieces from '19.
Thanks, as always, for your kind support.
(Pinning; will update.)
"...an exploitative trashapalooza...shot under the name of Sunset Warrior, it was quickly given a more action oriented title... [that] started with the same Chinese character that A Better Tomorrow did when displayed on a marquee." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1144700294544015360?s=19
"With his trademark minimal backgrounds and vertical props to focus the viewer's eye on the dancer in the frame and also create a greater illusion of movement, Gene Kelly..."
https://twitter.com/dvdnetflix/status/1164647361337090049?s=19
https://twitter.com/dvdnetflix/status/1164647361337090049?s=19
"An apocalyptic thriller that takes place – AFTER HOURS style – all in one frantic night, the reason that Steve De Jarnatt's freewheeling film works as well as it does is because it's fueled by an optimistic, damn the torpedoes sense of wonder & romance." https://twitter.com/bobfreelander/status/1167460613477371904?s=19
"... when Tony first sees Elvira, she wears a backless teal gown that, depending on the light, flashes green like money or as blue as the ocean he crossed on his way from Cuba. Pacing with her back to him inside a glass elevator like a caged tiger..." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1189291620748988416?s=19
The start of Bigelow's "decades long fascination with telling the stories of men — from the vampires and surfers in Near Dark and Point Break to The Hurt Locker's military bomb squad — who dominate their terrain by moving through life in packs."
https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1149705350053974019?s=19
https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1149705350053974019?s=19
"He looks & walks & speaks with purpose. In a tense scene where he meets a man from Lola's past, you know he wants him gone in the worst way, deep down more for having existed before him in her life than anything else." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1131809762994057216?s=19
"With tight, graphic novel like frames and minimal external light, the hues of writer-director Sarah Daggar-Nickson's feature filmmaking debut are dulled down as if every shot had been captured, filtered, and then washed over by a sea of gray paint."
https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1134577439177302017?s=19
https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1134577439177302017?s=19
"...framed like an existential Noir, not only does most of the film's action take place at night but... [it] also makes great use of glass and barriers... [which] wouldn't be out of place in an Edward Hopper painting or a scene helmed by Michael Mann." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1124360158379778048?s=19
"Senses & nerve endings heightened, when you fall in love, the world glows brighter, energy burns hotter, Earth spins faster on its axis... like a drum that goes off deep within your chest, love resonates long after the beat has been struck . . ." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1124356472429637632?s=19
"With architectural metaphors a la Antonioni, Zhangke tells a second story about the way that time changes not only people but their overall environment... [and] cleverly links the plight of his leads to their homeland." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1161764478897119234?s=19
"You know how it goes. You meet someone & you get a crush. You start dating, you find out they have kids, & suddenly your attraction to them moves beyond all the superficial stuff. You see them together & get a glimpse..." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1149706492091572225?s=19
"... Eklöf's decision to remove herself from judgment when it comes to [her characters]... and instead wait for them to go crashing into one another — whether accidentally or on purpose — makes this self-assured feature all the more rare." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1111718054788923392?s=19
"Beyond... overt titular allusion to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Fassbinder reminds us that, much like those tragicomic heroes & villains who can live for love or die of a broken heart, his characters... carry the weight of the world on their backs." https://twitter.com/FilmIntuition/status/1100478792663855105?s=19
