At last, the time had come and I was finally able to watch one of my absolute favourite films, and possibly one of the greatest films of all time, on the big screen.
What stood out to me once again was just how incredible the sound design and soundtrack are. The famous downtown shootout alone sounds so raw and realistic that it completely caught me off guard again. But it is not just that scene. Michael Mann really knew how…
Twenty years before Brazil's most famous masterpiece, City of God, Hector Babenco made what is probably its ultimate forerunner, especially when it comes to the harsh depiction of poverty and youth crime.
So Pixote became the final film and first first watch in my "world through a child's eyes" cinema series, and like all the others, it completely convinced me. Once again, it is the realism and documentary-like style that make the film feel incredibly authentic. Without any romanticization, filled…
Another one of the last Spielberg films I had left to watch is now crossed off the list, and unfortunately it turned out to be as tiring as I expected.
Despite a fairly interesting story involving the Cold War, courtroom drama, and historical events, the film feels incredibly bloated and offers very few real highlights or surprises. The overly long 140-minute runtime drags on and on, and Spielberg plays it safe in every possible way. Tom Hanks gives a solid…
Lucky Star is truly another high point of late silent-era romance cinema. It features a wonderful love triangle story built around themes such as war trauma, hope, and disability, all of which are told into the film with great sensitivity. Most importantly, these themes are able to create a lot of emotion, similar to Sunrise, probably the most famous romance film of the silent era.
Above all, Janet Gaynor shows why she earned her reputation. Her performance is excellent and…
Doctor: You have 5 minutes left to live
Me: I want to listen to stairway to Heaven live at Madison square garden 1973
Doctor: but that’s 10 minutes
God: it’s alright.
Greatest song of all time.
I don’t know who cried more, the old woman beside me or me.
One of the best if not the best documentary I’ve ever watched. And not only because of Ennio. I mean Tornatore did here just magnificent. I’ve never seen a more detailed documentary about someone’s life. It has everything. Even as a morricone die hard Fan I’ve learned so many new things. I don’t know how Ennio could have done all this in his life. And I…
