still sorting out how I feel about this, which in this case may be a good sign — i tend to think Holocaust films should err on the side of making their audience conflicted/uncomfortable, rather than providing a weird Schindler’s List-esque emotional catharsis as so many do.

what Glazer & co. are doing here formally really works. there are a million conversations to be had about the technical side of filmmaking-as-historiography, particularly visually (film vs. digital, color grading, shot variety & pace…

Asked my twin, “If I was turned into a vampire, would you kill me?” and she did not even hesitate to say yes… rude!
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Sinners introduces so many very intriguing ideas about religion & assimilation & history & lots of other things, but I’m not sure those threads are always woven together as seamlessly as they could be or explored as fully as I would like, especially as the slow build gives way to a rushed climactic scene that foregrounds gore over thematic…