The behind-the-scenes creation of Citizen Kane, Mank is a dream ciné-experience chronicling the avant-garde writing of a masterpiece with orgasmic meta-analysis, blithe axioms, ’30’s paean, Fincher/Oldman-pedigree, glorious chiaroscuro. 9.5/10.
[category:drama/film-noir/period-historical/political-drama,date:2020-12-02,rate:9.5,type:movies]
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Category: Drama/Indie
Tenet (2020)
A cerebral evolution of the spy-thriller from the Da Vincian-imagination of Nolan, TENET is a time-distortion of remarkable metaphysical aspiration – w/a proficient JDW performance, chef d’oeuvre Zimmer-Göransson score, aciculate reparté. 9/10.
[category:drama/actionadventure/time-travel/spy-futurism/cyberpunk/film-noir/crime-films/experimental/mystery/science-fiction,date:2020-03-01,rate:9,type:movies]
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Nomadland (2020)
A poetic, paradisiac, peripatetic journey of self-discovery across natural landscapes w. depth in grief/travel exposition & eulogization of the proletariat, Nomadland’s a beautifully-acted muse on the people forgotten by life, yet free to truly live. 9.4/10.
[category:drama/actionadventure/time-travel/spy-futurism,date:2020-06-27,rate:9.4,type:movies]
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Minari (2020)
The American Dream painted through the eyes & hardships of immigrants with big dreams and nothing but perseverance juxtaposed with an exposé on mixed-cultural balance and parental guidance, Minari’s another Oscar pic from Korea x A24. 9.2/10
[category:drama,date:2020-09-15,rate:9,type:movies]
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The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
A harrowing delve into the psychology of addiction & traumatization of orphanages, TQG is a magnificently-acted, nuanced limited series as calculated as its chess-matches – non-perfect & poorly-ended, but a showcase for Anya Taylor-Joy. 8.6/10.
[category:drama/period-historical/character-study,date:2020-05-01,rate:8.6,type:tvshows]
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The Last Dance (2020)
A coup-de-maître of documentary filmmaking capturing with tonal heterogeneity, cinematic transcendentalism, & journalistic breadth the behind-the-scenes of the once-in-a-century’s dynasty of Michael Jordan and the ’90’s Chicago Bulls. 9.2/10.
[category:drama/documentary/sports,date:2020-03-01,rate:9,type:tvshows]
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Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
A brushstroke of pathos, romance, and visually-captivating emotion amongst the seaside rocky cliffs of 18th-Century France, Céline Sciamma has delivered powerful Cannes-worthy masterpiece – and the most breathtaking LGBTQ film ever. 9.5/10.
[category:comedyromance/drama/periodhistorical/lgbtq-minority,date:2019-01-17,rate:9.5,type:movies]
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Sound Of Metal (2020)
A heartbreaking dichotomization of passion against chemical recalcitrance of life, SOM’s: evocative, preconception-twisting, morality-complex heavy-metal odyssey of deafness/specialneeds w career 2020 Oscars-performance by Riz Ahmed. 8.7/10.
[category:drama/lgbtq-minority,date:2020-01-06,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (2020)
A legal 1960’s chef d’oeuvre packed to the brim w. knife-twisted social-commentary on courtoom injustice strikingly-relevant to 2020, TOTC7 is an actor’s showcase w. Aaron Sorkin’s auterist magic/charm – plus creative licenses to ~dramaticize. 9/10.
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
A boldly-stylized, candy-coated, delicious new flavor of revenge-thriller with ’80’s sex-appeal/edge & palpable relevance for #MeToo era, PYW flips predator-prey dynamics w. black comedic moxie & career-performance by Carey Mulligan. 8.5/10.
[category:drama/revengethriller/comedyromance/psychological,date:2020-10-02,rate:8.5,type:movies]
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