A hypnotic, VFX-fueled epic of pure fantasy atmosphere, complex nature allegory, & bravura ocular craftsmanship w. a genius Dev Patel typecast, medieval necromancy, honor/religion/masculinity exposition, & modernize knights of round table. 9.6/10.
[category:actionadventure/fantasy/horror/drama/western/folk-movies,date:2021-08-30,rate:9.6,type:movies]
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Category: Drama/Indie
The Tragedy Of Macbeth (2021)
By grace of bold cinematic modernization, Kurosawan ocular zeal/passion in black & white chiaroscuro, the best duology of actors in the world, & greatest playwright in the history of language, TOM: Apex Shakespeare ~half a milennium hence. 9.7/10.
[category:drama/folk-movies,date:2021-12-07,rate:9.7,type:movies]
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Annette (2021)
Though its powerful iconographic fantasia of strikingly hyper-manicured Caraxian shots galvanize the eye, a hypnagogic rock-opera of experimentalism in purgatory ~drowning a godly cast of Driver & Cotillard-led indie finesse in minor-keys. 7.5/10.
[category:fantasy/comedyromance/experimental/drama/musicals,date:2021-08-02,rate:7.5,type:movies]
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In The Heights (2021)
A cinematic event of hot authentic latin cultural rejoice, passion, musical dexterity, A/V expressionism, vital dreamer/immigrant story theme exposition, starmaking performances, community, & ethereal joyous energy lighting screen on-fire. 9.2/10.
[category:comedyromance/lgbtq-minority/drama/musicals,date:2021-06-05,rate:9.2,type:movies]
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American Crime Story: Impeachment (2021)
Though it’s the weakest ACS series, ~genre/tonally-confused, and mixed between a journalistic exposé on humanity in scandals, #MeToo dynamics on world’s biggest stage, & chaos of tabloids, S3: ever-gripping, proficiently-acted melodrama. 7.6/10.
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Squid Game (2021)
The Best TV Of 2021, SQ: dark, psychology x kanji-theme, ethos, hypergeometrized religion/capitalism social experiment; juxtapose nostalgic, pastel-coated idyllicism of childhood w. odieux, égoïste fiscal darwinism of adulthood: a battle royale. 10/10.
[category:horror/actionadventure/survival/drama,date:2021-09-02,rate:10,type:tvshows]
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Mogul Mowgli (2021)
The complex themes of multiculturalism, identity, & generational divides are given a masterpiece portraiture of cinematic poetry, evoking power through Riz Ahmed & juxtaposition: rap vs. qawwali, physical vs. psychological, liberté vs. tradition. 9/10.
[category:drama,date:2021-08-17,rate:9,type:movies]
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The French Dispatch (2021)
Delightful, honeyed, & candy-coated; a love-letter to the spirit of journalism by lens of its news publication, TFD breathes pure grandiloquence, richly-detailed ocular craftsmanship, wry burlesque, stylish auterist formalism w. godly indie cast. 9.5/10.
[category:drama,date:2021-09-17,rate:9.5,type:movies]
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Tick, Tick,.. Boom! (2021)
A hymn-like elegy of youth, impermanence, cruelty of fate, HIV, & the paradoxical catch-22 lives of artists, AG x LMM’s first directorial project: powerful NYC-subfusc tribute to a musical legend & theatre, told through a plot-mechanism of time. 8/10.
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King Richard (2021)
A complex, saccharine, emotionally-provocative modernization of Shakespeare & prism of father-daughter love, class, race, gender, business, empowerment themes by lens of tennis w. the best WS performance since ’06 Pursuit Of Happyness. 9/10.
[category:drama/sports,date:2021-11-05,rate:9,type:movies]
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