My review of Eileen (2023) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!
Review of The Woman Who Ran (The News Lens International)
My review of The Woman Who Ran (Domangchin yeoja / 도망친 여자 2020) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!
Review of The Holdovers (The News Lens International)
My review of The Holdovers (2023) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!
Review of Anatomy of a Fall (The News Lens International)
My review of Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute 2023) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!
Review of Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 4 (The News Lens International)
My review of Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 4 (Garuzu ando Pantsa: Sai Shusho 4 / ガールズ&パンツァー 最終章4 2023) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!
Thoughts on Dune: Part Two (2024)
Building on his excellent cinematic grammar of prophecy, Denis Villeneuve uses Dune: Part Two (2024), cowritten with Jon Spaihts, to examine the experience of being set before the prophecy, knowing you’re its intended subject. Not to take the whole messiah thing literally, but this narrative structure is famously hinted at in the Gospels.
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My review of Leave the World Behind (2023) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!
Thoughts on Monolith (2022)
The jump scare is a curious thing. It has to be sudden, but suddenness alone just creates disorientation. You can add loud discordant notes, but that’s like your friend “scaring” you by punching you—a purely biological reaction devoid of cinematic interest. No, a good jump scare depends on expectation: The viewer must expect something to happen, but not know when. And as viewers grow savvy to horror beats, the not knowing gets ever harder. Which brings us to Monolith (2022).
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My review of Poor Things (2023) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!
Review of Anyone but You (The News Lens International)
My review of Anyone but You (2023) has been published by The News Lens International. Check it out here!