“Icarus” is about an elaborate doping scheme involving the Russian government and its athletes.
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It’s not just Driver and Johansson, but also Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Liotta who are all excellent in this.ĭee Rees’ nuanced and layered look at post war racism in rural Mississippi garnered four Oscar nominations, including best supporting actress for Mary J Blige, while the films beautiful aesthetics saw Rachel Morrison become the first woman ever to be nominated for best cinematography. Jason Mitchell (“Straight Outta Compton”) and Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) also shine here for a still underseen gem. The intimate 35mm camerawork courtesy of Robbie Ryan is aided by a vast array of incredible performances throughout. No surprise then that his wise script is filled with his own unique brand of cinematic DNA, which has always been heavily-inspired by Woody Allen’s incisive New York dramedies. The pair, along with Noah Baumbach’s screenplay will shatter you into a million pieces, put you back together, then shatter you again, all in one scene. Baumbach’s keen eye for the way people talk and act has always been there. “Marriage story”įeaturing two of the best Performances seen in any Netflix original, this touching, compassionate study of a marriage breaking apart features career best turns from Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. It’s not interested in narrative constraints that come with a feature-length film, as much as by immaculately detailed moments, whether it’s an incredible reenactment of the 1971 Corpus Christi riots, pulse-pounding waves threatening children at sea, an earthquake in a hospital with rubble landing atop a baby’s bin, or an excruciating birth scene. The film is seen through the eyes of Sofia, as she navigates a Mexico stuffed with social unrest, and there are scenes that stay etched in your memory that is what “Roma” is about, memory. Yalitza Aparicio stars as Cleo, the woman who raised Cuaron back in the ’70s and who became a central part of his childhood, especially after his father abandoned the family for a mistress and his mother Sofia went into depression. “Roma”Īfter the technological breakthrough of “ Gravity,” Alfonso Cuaron decided to bring his camera back to his native country of Mexico to shoot a near-plotless black and white ode to the maid who raised him and his siblings. He’s left in his geriatric home, waiting for the Devil to claim his soul and drag his pathetic ass straight to Hell. At its climax, some cracks in his inhumanity finally threaten the psychopathic rationale he’s been carrying with him for close to four decades - however, it is too little too late for Sheeran. It’s titular protagonist, Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), is a depressing and underwhelming person who is undeserving of hoopla or admiration and who deserves unadorned grievous dismissal. I now know that my initial emotional impressions were actually just confirming what the film was about. And yet, it felt cold and distant, a sort of eulogy to a bygone era. I knew what I had witnessed was some-kind-of masterpiece. 2. “The Irishman”Īfter watching Martin Scorsese’s “ The Irishman” at its New York City premiere, I knew how immense the whole thing was. Yes, I know it was an A24 production and released in cinemas in the US but considering the entire rest of the world got it as a Netflix original, it makes the cut. Needless to say, Sandler has never been better, robbed of the Oscar nomination he deserved for his wild, enigmatic performance as Howard, a Jewell dealer fighting for the best deal, and his life. A heart attack inducing film? Two hours of pure chaos? The most stressful film ever made? All of these takes have weight behind them, but so does the fact that this would simply be one of the best films released in any year.
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