Swinging Safari (2018)
Swinging Safari offers a convincing impersonation of an excoriation of Aussie culture in the moment, it falls apart like an overcooked pavlova if you poke it a little.
There’s Something Magical About The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water is a flamboyant fantasy yet deeply human; old-fashioned yet profoundly modern; filmed with a palate preferring murky, oceanic greens yet somehow bursting with light and life.
The Commuter (2018)
Like Non-Stop, The Commuter twists absurd action around an Agatha-Christie-esque closed-room mystery.
Stop the Presses: Spielberg, Hanks and Streep Unite for The Post
The Post’s images are undeniably potent, but in that big, obvious way that steamrolls the complexity of the issues.
A Silent Voice Examines Trauma and Forgiveness with Heart-warming Humanity
A Silent Voice is an optimistic, humanistic film. You might not expect that level of optimism from a story bracketed by a pair of suicide attempts, a story of bullying and trauma and self-hatred.
All the Money in the World (2017)
As a representation of the corrupting influence of money – whether in the hands of mafioso or oil barons – All the Money in the World is successful if simplistic.
KanColle: Kantai Collection
Once you get past the undeniably unique conceit of KanColle, there’s not much to recommend it.
The Best Films of 2017
A shitty year with some excellent movies.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
McDonagh’s radical sympathy creates his film’s best scenes, while undercutting any kind of coherent thesis.
Code Geass: A Pessimistic Take on Revolutionary Heroism
I thought Code Geass was a tale of resistance, rebellion and ultimately revolution. A heroic tale where the noble Japanese prevail against the evil Britannian Empire.
That’s not quite the story it’s telling.
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