The way this works is that you post a review of the best film you watched this week. It doesn't have to be a new release, just any film you have seen over the last seven days that you feel is worth talking about. Here are some rules.
1. Check to see if your favourite film of last week has been posted already.
2. Please post your favourite film of last week.
3. NO TV SHOWS!
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Here are some great comments from last week's thread:
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I finally saw Call Me by Your Name. It's an absolutely touching motion picture of forbidden love. Call Me by Your Name is a visual feast for the eyes. Beautiful cinematography of Italian landscapes, natural scenery, and open spaces offset the hidden feelings between Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer) in a touching depiction of homosexual lovers. These characters feel so real. James Ivory's dialogue is packed with verisimilitude and a believable take on how people actually talk. The film takes you on a emotional roller coaster during an Italian Summer. Elio and Oliver get to know one another and have split feelings and a coming together. You get to see the subtle visual and verbal cues they send to one another. Call Me by Your Name is leaves you with a numbing sensation of understanding. You empathize with these two men. You feel their pain. The acting is so very subtle. You are constantly wondering what Timothée Chalomet is thinking and feeling. By the end, you will cry. He is passionate, yet uncertain. You can tell Elio is thoughtful by Chalomet's face and movement. He is always thinking about how people feel about him. This feels so very much like how young people feel about themselves and find faults in their own personality that others do not see. It's a true to life portrayal and Chalomet performs with thoughtful choices every frame. He deserved the Oscar nomination. The bravery and detail with which Chalomet acts is breath taking and will leave you moved. The excellent and focused direction of Luca Guadagnino is evident with every frame. His shots are well paced, focused, and leave you with space to take in the surroundings. He lets you see people's faces and body language, while giving the environmental context for their world. His establishing shots show the whole Italian estate for the lush setting. Green nature envelops the characters in this world open to feeling. Guadagnino is a very talented director who makes sure you feel like you are following Chalomet everywhere to build your emotional attachment to his character. Overall, Call Me by Your Name is a lovingly tale of uncertain feelings and forbidden love. It's well shot, carefully written, beautifully scored by Sufjan Stevens, perfectly cast, and so affectionately acted by the entire cast. I cannot recommend this film enough. See Call Me by Your Name immediately for a heartfelt love story as well as a stunning resonance of empathy.
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In Dheepan, the inevitability of conflict is embodied by three Sri Lankan immigrants, strangers posing as a family of three to expedite escape from their war-torn homeland, whose emigration leads to a process of shaky acclimation that is explored with depth and care. In the beginning, they take an almost workmanlike approach to their newfound family structure, gradually forming the connective bonds they need to quietly integrate into the new world. The process is a slow one, perhaps too slow at times for its own good, but the authenticity and unique execution of its "stranger in a strange land" premise provides a new and compelling context to what would otherwise be tropes, assisted in no short measure by universally fantastic performances. The payoff of Dheepan is one that has seen its fair share of mixed reactions: a blistering, surprisingly violent climax that just goes to show you how badly a poorly timed Wilhelm scream can fuck up your entire scene (but I digress). I'm inclined to disagree with the notion that it's counter-intuitive, but it does include a sudden an unnecessary departure from the film's established framing style and camera techniques. Works on a thematic level, not so much on a technical one, but the end product is still as strong, engrossing, and confident as ever.
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I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo last night in New York City. Several theaters around the country are showing it on the big screen this week because this year is the 60th anniversary of its release. (You can check out Fathom Events to see if it’s playing in a theater near you.) I was born in March 1992. I’ve only ever seen Vertigo on television or on my computer screen. Suffice it to say that I feel very, very lucky to have seen it in an actual movie theater. The experience was amazing. The audience clapped at the end, and I noticed some things about the movie that I hadn’t picked up earlier, especially the movie’s humor and even its dialogue (the dialogue is subtly repetitive, but if you’ve seen Vertigo, you know it’s supposed to be that way). Several shots that looked ordinary on my computer just looked so impressive on the big screen. Anyway, I unfortunately missed the first 5 minutes of the movie, so I’ll be going back to the theater Wednesday night to see it! I look forward to seeing what else I can pick up on from this movie—Hitchcock just packs so much in there, and of course Jimmy Stewart’s and Kim Novak’s performances are sublime!
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