(2016), The Garden of Words (2013), Suzume (2022), Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) and Weathering with You (2019). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: M. Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness just captures the passage of time, using it to outline an entire history. However there is something interesting about the craft here. The film is also beautifully shot, with shining colours that make the whole world vibrant. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. Images of war are cold and mechanical, even. Hooptober X Mario Bava was a composer of images. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober X. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The slow rhythm of eternity. About this list: My favourite 10% of all films I've logged on Letterboxd. I think the problem is that the film is trying to internalise something which it presents so externally. Darren Carver-Balsiger and Jaime Rebanal. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. In a competitive education system, dyslexia and disability are hated. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: It's hard to imagine that The Grapes of Wrath was ever published in America, let alone made into a Hollywood film. Darren Carver-Balsiger commented on his own review of The Holdovers 19h. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A hideous piece of corporate cinema, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is just ugly film-making. It does not idolise or admire poverty, but accepts such a reality and builds from there. Set in a house of dishonesty, Chinese Roulette functions as a beautiful chamber piece. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A silhouette runs in front of the sun. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★½ 4. The film is also beautifully shot, with shining colours that make the whole world vibrant. Killers of the Flower Moon is a masterpiece of evil, a film of the horrors of man. So often stories derive conflict from people handling. The film follows a man wandering, listening to the people he meets. Refugees have no sanctuary and little hope. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Please consider upgrading to a Pro account—for less than a couple bucks a month, you’ll get cool additional features like all-time and annual stats pages (), the ability to select (and filter by) your favorite streaming. Dracula 3D contains some of the most crude and unconvincing CGI I. Key scenes take place in fire and rain, revelling in the. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. The Return of the Prodigal Son is a film of disillusionment, of experiencing the world and becoming changed. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Landscapes of empty beauty dominate A Touch of Zen. Contrary to popular belief, the War on Drugs has been a colossal success. While it starts off well, it ends up descending into a fantasy story that feels very old-fashioned and uninteresting. Behaves like an absolute twat in the comments and has a very narrow minded view of what good cinema is. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Memories. It has a purity, delving into the beauty of childhood innocence but never avoiding tough topics. List by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Atlantis presents a post-apocalyptic vision of Ukraine's future with just 28 shots. AFI 100 Years. The Cremator 1969 ★★★★½ . 3000 Followers Celebration Picked by: Kosta Jovanović and sciallacooper. It remains a unique landmark for the genre. Following the disintegration of a marriage across years, this is a work about communication and unearthing the underlying unhappiness a couple. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Kalel, 15 is a haunting film, a tale of woe that enters a vicious cycle which remains unbroken by the end. There is nothing to say about Oppenheimer which does justice to its incredible cinematic experience. The issue of victimhood becomes complex, revealing a criminal who lived his life in poverty and had no home. Bong Joon-ho. At times Opening Night is overwhelming, with the camera pressed against. With dad being how he is, and me being me, I wonder if you ever heard it enough. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The ocean is huge and life feels small. Satantango 1994. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Just names by themselves. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. It is an immersive, intense work, but its dependence on narrative takes away from the themes and experience. Babel adds up to nothing. A list of 435 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Her (2013), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Call Me by Your Name (2017), La La Land (2016) and Before Sunrise (1995). Alejandro González Iñárritu is a technical master as a. Its endlessly quirky postmodernism is used in service of an offbeat style and complete fun. Many WWII films focus on the fighting and usually save thematic deliberation for the downtime. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of the most intense movies ever made and one whose scares held up for me upon this re-watch. Rewatched Apr 09, 2017. Read at your discretion. They are. For a ranked list of my favourite films, see here. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ 7 Jafar Panahi continues to make movies that both challenge the cinematic medium and the state which imprisons him. It a landmark of cinema and the sort of film that you measure all others by. It is a film about being assertive and perceptions of how that is required for success in this world. The informal trilogy - Hour of the Wolf, Shame, The. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a beautiful movie, and in fact a beautiful consideration of the human experience. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: I don't really get the backlash for American Beauty, which now seems to dominate every conversation I see about it. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. Depictions of people living their lives based on a belief system I reject is always. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The overwhelming feeling captured in The Only Son is disappointment. Mabuse, the Gambler is one of the creepiest films of the silent era. The Fountain 2006 ★★ Watched May 25, 2018. Claire Denis makes a film of visual density, making the most out of limitations. A list of 250 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Thing (1982), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Psycho (1960), Alien (1979) and The Shining (1980). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Holdovers is very likeable, very funny, and very sentimental. Knock at the Cabin 2023 ★★★ Watched Feb 05, 2023. About this list: ----- CLICK HERE TO SEE THE WINNERS ----- ----- Some fun awards for the entire Letterboxd Community to take part in, where we get to vote for the. About this list: Today is my birthday, so I thought I'd post something. It's not the plot which matters here, but the fun interactions between characters. Perhaps no film so carefully examines a revolution in its raw form, whilst remaining an accessible genre piece. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 23. Darren Carver-Balsiger talks about what can happen to film directors who don't get enough critical feedback on their work in this short clip taken from. A list of 250 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Farewell My Concubine (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Titanic (1997) and Léon: The Professional (1994). It turns out to be episodic, though interconnected through a few twists and turns. Since comedy is his favourite genre, I thought it'd. Mostly nonverbal, each beautiful second is about immersion rather than clarity. The Godfather: Part II is superior to the first film. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Invisible Guest starts off with a decent premise, utilising complex storytelling, unreliable narrators, and a strong central mystery. Never Look Away traces a trail through time, a tale of art under totalitarianism and later of freedom when you have nothing to say. It had a few million euros spent on it and yet it seems so amateur. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: See How They Run is a fun whodunnit romp. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: An unrelentingly grim experience, Holy Spider is an intense, unsettling work. The Killer is a doomed romance disguised as a buddy cop film inside a gangster film. The best pumpkin carvers from around the country are here to do what they do and you should check it out. A list of 250 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Farewell My Concubine (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Titanic (1997) and Léon: The Professional (1994). Just names by themselves. It conducts a psychological character. Set in a house of dishonesty, Chinese Roulette functions as a beautiful chamber piece. Nominally the film set in the fictional republic of Eldorado, but the allegory for Brazilian politics is. Incendies presents itself as a more considered, arthouse thriller, but in reality it's a more populist work, which is not a bad thing. While her problems manifest through alcoholism, deeper pain can be assumed though the film leaves it unsaid and unexplained. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Poor Things allows Yorgos Lanthimos the opportunity to fully embrace the surreal in his own quirky way. To be updated for every 10 movies I watch. 3,327 films watched. We are a failed society. A man, dirtied and shirtless, wanders across a burnt landscape. Yet it is too effective, too clever, and too influential to be called a failure. The Big Sleep is surely one of the coolest noirs, just a big sprawling mystery filled with charismatic characters and mysterious crimes. It is so broad and mainstream that it ends up dumb and patronising, treating the audience as fools. Something. Kalel, 15 2019 ★★★★½ . It doesn't make any giant missteps, but the story is largely. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Forrest Gump is not particularly noteworthy as a film, although it is popular. Protest footage plays, subplots of young ambition push the story forward, yet it is the. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s lists. There is no strict character development in La Dolce Vita, just a slither of a story about a hedonistic reporter getting lost amidst an amoral landscape. r/Letterboxd. They are a great comedy duo and play off each other well, with Gosling going for more broad comedy and Crowe a bit dryer. Characters are prejudiced against education. ★★★½ Watched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 27 Nov 2019 26 **Minor Spoilers** Knives Out isn't a murder mystery. Fear in the Night is a late Hammer thriller that tells a nice, twisty story but lacks originality. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s reviews. Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker is the perfect deconstruction of romanticised revolutions. 23. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A waltz with eternity. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober X. Taipei was the centre of a new middle class in a rapidly developed economy. A country dealing with war, politically flailing, without an identity. No Bears is complex and dense, showcasing great meaning and many parallel stories and styles even though the execution is made within limits. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Inception is a great piece of original sci-fi, a film of constant exposition that is somehow never boring. Final Cut . True Romance 1993 ★★★★ Watched Jul 17, 2021. A list of 363 films compiled on Letterboxd, including 2 Hearts (2020), 76 Days (2020), Absent Now the Dead (2021), Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus (2020) and Alberto and the Concrete Jungle (2020). Ran, a relocated retelling of King Lear, is possibly the greatest film adapted from Shakespeare. For the most part, the plot is not literally about murder, and thematically it is never about murder. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 135. Tagged. It is about the dehumanisation of war, the reduction of man into weaponry. The pace is frantic, with footage cut together from many sources. Yet somehow, and only with hindsight, the opening fifteen minutes are the best part of Halloween: Resurrection. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: There are no simple answers. You're a different person when you're on holiday. Secondly: fuck those people with institutional power, they will always find a way to oppress the powerless. The feeling of everyday life, the power of the ordinary, Bicycle Thieves is simply life captured. Grid; List; Published 2019-11-06T22:24:33. Araya is cinematic art in its purest form. Dangal is the one most important films of the past decade for movie-making economics, as it is the highest grossing Indian film of all time but also because it reshaped the landscape of the Chinese box office. The location work is also impressive here, perhaps. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 23. Secondly, it's a visual treat. To be very reductive The Northman is just about a man out to murder his father's killer, and the narrative becomes…The Wicker Man remains a personal favourite of mine and a high point in the rich history of British horror. Stuff happens, but nothing really happens, and it all means nothing. La Haine 1995 ★★★★★ Rewatched Jun 26, 2018. It very much feels like the work of an outsider looking in, not really telling us a. About this list: Pessimistic worldviews. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Exorcist: Believer is the worst of all worlds. A lot of genre films. Soleil Ô is a furious sprawl of a movie, dissecting racial tensions in a theoretically decolonised world. Once the big action finale starts, Cameron finally delivers what he's best at. It has a purity, delving into the beauty of childhood innocence but never avoiding tough topics. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 131. A list of 30 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), Ran (1985), High and Low (1963) and Red Beard (1965). Though it also plays things very safe. Watched May 29, 2023. Watched Mar 18, 2022. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Cinema as poetry. Change. It's a very physical movie, one where you feel the characters and their world. What is an edit if not a tear in reality? F for Fake is playful, a movie where everything is a trick. Braveheart is pitiful and I feel truly insulted by it. Rather than just telling a. It starts with one of the greatest opening shots ever, a long take that only grows in tension and mood as we enter a criminal world within seconds. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: This review may contain spoilers. A list of 1,000 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Satantango (1994), Antichrist (2009), mother! (2017), Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) and Werckmeister Harmonies (2000). Before Parasite was the Korean film adored by the West, there was Oldboy. M. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: This review contains various thematic spoilers but only vague allusions to plot spoilers. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Athena starts off so strongly, with an incredible long take that would be a perfect short film by itself. ★★★★★ Rewatched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 20 Apr 2018 17 Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is a cornerstone of cinema, raising storytelling and formal technique to a very high bar. Remove filters; Fade watched films;. Shot in an. Let's not sugarcoat this. It's a small story of few characters, with a slightly social realist premise but ultimately far more plotless and artistic. There are disturbed and surreal images all throughout the opening credits, setting the stage for something twisted yet to come. Politics. What I admired about it was its unique and original sensibilities. About this list: Pessimistic worldviews. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Phoenix is a story of deception that plays in multiple ways, with layers of identity hidden between different masks for different people. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: SPOILERS ahead, but I would recommend reading this review regardless. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: What really is victory? In The Bridge on the River Kwai, the victory of the imprisoned soldiers is merely that their spirit isn't broken. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★ 63. As always with Éric Rohmer, there's an honesty to the dialogue and performances, but A Summer's Tale. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: This film is available on Amazon. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: While it does seem needless to remake Ikiru, it is impressive how well Living manages to deliver the same ideas again without being a disservice to the original. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Pirates of Blood River is good fun but a very flimsy effort from Hammer. Director Francis Lee made a fantastic impression with his feature debut God's Own Country a few years ago. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. A gasp of “wait, this is going to be three and a half hours!?!”Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. About this list: I recently passed 20,000 followers on Letterboxd, which is an incredible amount and far more than I ever imagined when I started posting my. No repeated titles. Well from the ones I follow would recommend you Silent Dawn ( DirkH (Darren Carver-Balsiger’s (and Prof. Dr. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #16. This is a film of distractions within distractions. The opening five minutes has an elephant shit on the lens and the ending is a corny montage filled with questionable. It is a vile work, filled with moral failings and hypocrisy. Countdown to the end of the world. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: What We Leave Behind is a short, poetic documentary, made with a simplicity that captures life so plainly. The second watch felt almost spiritual. However Athena as a whole does not live up to that beginning. The way that Forrest ends up fitting into history is witty and amusing enough. A story that has no author, just reality as art. Max von Sydow was one of the finest actors to ever emerge from the European festival circuit. 3,327 films watched. About this list: VOTING IS NOW CLOSED SEE THE NOMINATIONS AND VOTE IN THE NEXT ROUND HERE ----- This. We want to feel success and win through the success of others, and if that means turning a blind eye to abuse, that is what we do as a world. Sorry! What a bunch of nonsense. It's about the reality of growing up and the consequences of an. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Shakespeare within the Japanese mountains. Acting as. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. A list of 629 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Big Lebowski (1998), Hot Fuzz (2007), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Dr. horror films, heist films, martial arts films etc). Basically, every director who I've seen 5+ films by is ranked here according to the mean average rating I've given to their work. Join here. The Russia shown here is one of crime, violence, guns. 23. Consider me sceptical of the film's message about how workers have been screwed under the current global economic system. Infinity Pool is raw and uncompromised, extreme cinema at its most conceptual and intriguing. Dario Argento's films always feel a little slapdash, but the fact that he makes his sleaze look beautiful is what separates him from the rest. It's about the reality of growing up and the consequences of an. Love Massacre is a lot of things. Join. Pearl is. Read at your discretion. Just to give you an idea of what you might see, here are some of my pumpkins. How can one even really approach judging Cannibal Holocaust? It exists outside all bounds of normal cinema. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: First of all, Crip Camp is a reminder that protests work. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Elemental is built on ideas that are terribly derivative for Pixar. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. That fact is both disgraceful and also terribly sad. Service. Spirited Away 2001 ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Jan 2023 12 Rewatched 14 Jan 2023 12Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. A lot of genre films work in this area, although Manichitrathazhu maintains some unique cultural specificity. Dear Mum, I never said "I love you" enough. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. It does so in a way that is emotional and provides real closure for the current series. At the centre of the film is an unwise, selfish decision, and its consequences spiral out to ruin lives. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ 3. The final act is silly and far-fetched, but not in a particularly endearing way. He also gives tips for other members on how to build their own relationship with the. Darren Carver-Balsiger ’s all-time stats Share Share to Facebook 3,329 Films 6,159 Hours 1,764 Directors 128 Countries 330w Longest Streak 844 2+ Film Days Top films All time 2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s The Top 10% My favourite 10% of all films I've logged on Letterboxd. Looking through my friend's ratings, I anticipate some people will disagree massively with my review. As a child he witnessed the infamous Candelária Massacre, where Brazilian police. Hayao Miyazaki is likely the greatest animation director of all time and Princess Mononoke is his finest work. It's formulaic, bland, and boring. It feels experimental and low budget, built upon a digital aesthetic that looks amateur. 24framesofnick, IHE, Joe Aragon, Patrick Willems, Hbomberguy, demi adejuyigbe and Sean Baker. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Creator looks fantastic, and it does achieve the feeling of a future implanted over our real world very well. Blade Runner 2049 continues to impress me. • 9 mo. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Bus 174 takes one incident of crime and unearths so many different types of social failure. I thought I'd share movies that. Each part exists as its own dreamlike structure, lacking sensible reason but constructed so precisely. Hooptober #25. All of Us Strangers is a film of the past forcing itself upon us and needing to move on. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a savage satire on corruption, bureaucracy, and authoritarianism. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s reviews. This review contains various thematic spoilers but only vague allusions to plot spoilers. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★ 33. Darren Carver-Balsiger @DarrenCarverB · Jul 8, 2021 Finally watched 2,500 films. It's about the reality of growing up and the consequences of an aimless life. About this list: Made this list for my friend Alex. After his 1950s output saw a few thematic diversions and a much larger scale, it's quite apt for Mizoguchi's last work to be a more traditional setup. 30 Oct 2018 Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: As I'm sure many of you are aware, I'm a huge fan of the works of Béla Tarr (especially Sátántang ó,. List by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. How Green Was My Valley 1941 ★★★½ . Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Mizoguchi's final film is a return to his classic setup, of poor women in difficult circumstances. It finds an elegant and natural way to discuss disability, by focusing on what can be achieved and not what can't. It is a film of humour and heart. Wes Anderson. It is an anthology film made by many directors, of which one was Kenji Mizoguchi. There's no real evidence for it, but it's scientific fact. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Noirvember. Perhaps the most. Films where the film title is a person's name. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: American bloodshed. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. The film is a mood piece, a work of beauty and horror. Darren Carver-Balsiger @DarrenCarverB · Jul 8, 2021 Finally watched 2,500 films. He's the most annoying guy in the site imo. To the characters in Maurice, homosexuality locks them in, unable to share their feelings with anyone. Not counting festival-only movies (apologies to The Novelist's. About this list: This list is no longer being updated. 100 Movies 80% 80 of 100. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Outsiders presents a mythical, rural, teenage reality. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Picking up straight from the end of the previous film, The Battle of Chile: Part II takes us further into the collapse of Allende's government. It is bookended by montages of soldiers, planes, tanks, warships, and factories. ". ★★★★★ Watched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 24 Oct 2016 4. While the film begins as a more genre-inflected work, of a serial killer and those searching for him, Holy Spider is much more concerned with its dramatic depictions of religious conservatism within Iran and. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Blue Jean is a scathing reminder of how repressive Britain has been towards the LGBTQ+ community. List maestro Darren Carver-Balsiger on arthouse cinema, enduring The Room, obscure essential horror films from around the world and tips for how to conduct a Letterboxd community poll. It is the only Malick movie set in the past which I do not think is a masterpiece. A list of 500 films compiled on Letterboxd, including La La Land (2016), Casablanca (1942), Mulholland Drive (2001), Don't Look Now (1973) and Blade Runner (1982). A Brighter Summer Day is a truth epic, a four hour journey into the abyss of teenage disillusionment. suspicious_loaf • 9 mo. All of Us Strangers 2023 ★★★½ . To be updated for every 10 movies I watch. From Wikipedia: Walker is a 1987 American-Spanish historical revisionist film directed by Alex Cox and starring Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, and Marlee Matlin. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Tree of Wooden Clogs is a study of 19th century Italy, presenting an ordinary rural life and the struggles within such an existence. ago. This was my own personal hell. About this list: My Top 100 films from 2020 - 2029. Looking through my friend's ratings, I anticipate some people will disagree massively with my review. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #26. We observe and experience, we do not know why things happen. Made as a TV movie by the studio's up-and-coming animators, Ocean Waves is a simple film far removed from Miyazaki's fantasy adventures. Well, fuck that. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake offers very little compared to the original. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Past Lives is beautifully made. Full Metal Jacket is the story of how to create killers. imgur. It exists just as a collection of memories from one holiday, but what it achieves is far greater. Like Zhang Yimou's To Live and Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day, there's something perfectly reflexive about these early. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: R. These are very loosely ranked. A bastard son of Goodfellas, an overlong, over-indulgent epilogue to his previous gangster movies. It is a work of immense beauty and power, showcasing Miyazaki at his most sophisticated. Darren. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s films. Grid; List; Published 2020-06-16T16:31:20. Reply Popo1on Buntmans •. Service. Steven Spielberg. Ordered by films titled with a full name, then just first names, and then surnames. Touching upon patriarchy within Pakistan, Joyland presents a world where sexuality, masculinity, and femininity. Yet beneath each change things are still the same. It is lengthy by his standards, shot in colour, and. It's a film of bodies in movement, of great expanses of water, of dances and community. Christianity does not offer salvation in The Wicker Man, it becomes a weakness. Beautiful shots linger, of silhouettes in a landscape and boys stood against a shining sky. It is the most extraordinary film, a work of immersion built upon a chain reaction of intercutting timelines. Lost young men in 1990s Russia faced a country in disarray. The Blue Caftan seems initially to be a study of repressed desire, but it gives way to broader themes about death and life. The film straddles multiple genres, with musical and comedy elements attached to a mystery plot that slowly becomes a horror film. The ripples of change all build up in The Big City, as shifting attitudes must be adjusted to. Any protest for justice and fairness has my unequivocal support. I used to love Scooby Doo as a kid, and even as an adult I've rewatched bits every now and again. About this list: Films where a city defines the film to the point where it becomes an integral character. A film told backwards, with an ending that defines all else. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Dracula 3D is just bafflingly poor on a technical level. Amazon US; Amazon Video US; Apple TV Plus US; Apple TV US; Upgrade to a Letterboxd Pro account to add your favorite services to this list—including any service and country pair listed on JustWatch—and to enable one-click filtering by all your favorites. Chungking Express is a mood piece filled with yearning and overflowing scenes all about feeling rather than thinking. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Talk to Me has some pretty intense scares, but it's not as interesting as it appears. The Big City presents traditions coming to an end. Join. I was actually very excited to see Weathering with You. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Passion of Joan of Arc as 21st century horror. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Cinema is a con. It captures ugly realities and difficult choices. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: I was rather indifferent towards Incendies. Colossal Youth is a stunningly beautiful work. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: "Liberty. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Scream VI is pretty easily the weakest Scream film. Mankind's significance in the universe is. 899Z. No honorifics allowed, so no "Mr", "Princess", "Doctor" etc. It is obscure and unending, travelling through pain to reach something significant. No shorts, no TV series or movies, no YouTube videos, no filmed. Favorites: The Wicker. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★ I really enjoyed Furie as an exciting and likeable action flick, so I was looking forward to checking out Furies as a prequel. Please visit the current, updated Top 250 Sci-Fi Films list. You're a different person when you're on holiday.