Post-Theater Notes #49

Twisted and masterful. Park Chan-wook is a genius.

I was hooked from the first melodramatic scene, a taste of perfect family bliss that is so ironically appealing because it's clear the bliss won't last long. The screenplay is razor sharp, keeping you on your toes (much like Marty Supreme) by following a protagonist as he makes one morally atrocious decision after another.

The final scene in the automated paper factory is slapping you across the face and…

Close is my favorite film of the decade. I even started a YouTube channel for this movie (you can watch my Close edit here) - just to express my love for this beautiful and heartbreaking gem.

I didn't get the chance to see Close in theaters. I watched the film on streaming on March 9, 2023, and I posted a review for this film online on the following day. Now that I am occasionally writing reviews on Letterboxd, I chose…

Post Theater Notes #22

A sickening and traumatic film.

The horrific visuals in this film will likely become iconic. I can't shake the image of Ollie shoving the knife down his throat, hungrily cutting through his gums, his teeth swimming in blood, Andy watching in horror. There are also not many films that can get away with showing a bloody distended boy chewing off the eye of a long-dead girl's frozen corpse.

But the film resonated most because of the…