Tea-Meter: 10/10

"Help yourself to a hand grenade."

ittedly I was initially a bit disappointed with the straightforwardness of it all, especially after the incredibly intertwined and intricately crafted stories of Asteroid City, but this has really started to grow on me in the little time I've spent after leaving the theater. It's a linear narrative in like, the most linear way possible, The Phoenician Scheme feels like an arrow speeding towards its target (or finale) with no intention of…

Tea-Meter: 10/10

”The world still needs you. Of course, they’ll never know it, but we did it. We who live and die in the shadows. This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Ethan.”

McQuarrie pulls out all the stops. A little too ambitious for its own good? Maybe, but I can’t help but ire a film that feels so ionately crafted — it’s evident that despite however much studio interference there was, McQuarrie wanted to maximize the stakes…

[REWATCH] Tea-Meter: 10/10 | Primary Review

I've seen Eggers' Nosferatu in two different theaters, a TV, my laptop, and now my phone. This was also my first time seeing a movie on a train (which was undoubtedly the worst viewing experience I've had for this film, the tiny phone screen combined with sunlight flooding in from the window next to me confirmed that this is a film that should be given the respect it deserves in complete darkness on the…

Tea-Meter: 10/10

"What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber."

The literal ghost, a mere remnant of the past, a reminder of the atrocities committed many years ago. The figurative ghost, a hollow shell of a being, someone alive on the outside but dead in mind and…

Tea-Meter: 10/10

"If we are to tame darkness, we must first face that it exists."

This review is dedicated to Hutter. Thank you for introducing me to Nosferatu and the world of vampyres, and thank you for being a great friend. Merry Nosferatumas!

Manipulation and suffering as a consequence of ignorance and oppression, with misogyny and the bonds of society being the root cause of it all. What Robert Eggers does with his ion project, Nosferatu, is astounding — he…

Tea-Meter: 10/10

”You keep dancing with the devil... one day he's gonna follow you home.”

The devil in this scenario is the white man.

The lore of vampyres has been ever-changing and evolving throughout the decades, but one of the most commonly accepted “rules” of the mythological creatures is their ability to turn others into bloodsucking monsters, like a condition or disease which can be ed on from one to another, often without the victim’s consent. Ryan Coogler uses this…