a fever dream through the intoxicating unpredictability of new york city. scorsese turns the greatest city into an even greater character. a place where the mundane turns chaotic and the ordinary turns surreal. a nightmare unfolds and a series of bizarre encounters turn to near-disasters and scorsese directs each moment to tense perfection. it made me so anxious i didnt know whether to laugh in panic or cry in uncertainty. we’re blurring some insane lines between chaos and comedy and…

lucifer moves with smirking elegance. it’s lovely. almost casual cruelty. it is so fascinating watching him play opposite john. a man presenting himself as enlightened vs a man begging for his life to end. what unfolds is a deeply thoughtful conversation on the human condition and the weight of choices. ‘good vs evil’ but thematically charged as lucifer and john go bar for bar. john knows he’s damned yet still refuses to stop fighting, battling his own sins and a…