Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Appropriately titled.
Quite a sweet story, that is fated for disappointment between the two main characters. I was surprised at their will to stay faithful to their spouses (for the most part) ; it would have been easier to imagine Charlotte and Bob recklessly abandoning their marriages to fall into a spontaneous and electrical romance, but their restraint creates a tension that leaves the watcher craving for their release into one another. Despite both of their marriages being depressing and…
Stop Making Sense is an electrifying portrayal of a masterful performance by one of contemporary popular music’s brightest groups. Every detail seems to be pruposeful, every gesture intentional, every act sincere; all the while retaining a manic, frenetic, neurotic energy that is tinged with irony and cynical commentary. Genius.
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Sickening yet captivating.. and full of irony and contradictions. I found myself trembling with a hand covering my mouth at many different moments (very early on), yet couldn't pull myself away.
There were sequences that were head-spinning and disorienting, but drew you in closer.. the beginning and ending of the film held mesmerizing visuals shots and discomforting sound.
The way that the story reveals itself is heart-wrenching and rewarding. It makes one feel simultaneously disgusted at the nature of humanity…