"Who said you could touch that stuff!?"
Oh, was I supposed to be interested in this? Was I supposed to be drawn in by a lead performance less charismatic than a pile of dirt? Was I supposed to be frightened by the lackluster scares or the absent atmosphere? Was the thin story which takes forever to do anything supposed to be the hook?
The only good thing about The Tattooist is that it engages in some way with Samoan culture, which is interesting yet underrepresented in film.
"You don't even my face."
I only saw snippets of the trailer, but between that and some early reception I'd heard, I didn't expect Materialists to be has heavy as it could be. It's not a totally intense affair, but Song hasn't hard-pivoted into light and breezy rom-com territory after her remarkable debut.
Materialists features a trio of strong performances. Something I liked about it was that this was not the traditional love triangle. There are more complexities and…
I scoured the Internet for this movie. I looked through every last Google result, every shady site you can think of, every nook and cranny I knew of to find this movie. I commented on pretty much every Letterboxd review of this film seeing who had access to it and how. I was setting out to do a Sion Sono marathon, and this was the only movie I couldn't find. Thank you nihilreich and DareDaniel for helping me out.
In…
"I'm saying, 'I'm not saying.'"
Definitely my favorite Wes Anderson of the 2020s so far (barring those Roald Dahl shorts which I haven't seen yet). It's an engaging and funny father-daughter story, but also one of a man undergoing a change. Loved the cast in this. Tons of faces who I always want to see more of, so it's great to have seen them here. Bruno Delbonnel's work captures Anderson's style without going overboard. The time flies by, and it's…
