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Mistakes by the River

Wei Shujun’s 河边的错误 [He bian de cuo wu/Mistake(s) by the River]

Welcome to Wei’s postmodern neo-noir period mystery rabbit hole.

The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest

An extraordinary movie that is, and should be, deeply disturbing.

Dune

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Dune: Part Two

A treat you don’t want to miss.

ノルウェイの森

Trần Anh Hùng’s ノルウェイの森 [Noruwei no Mori/Norwegian Wood]

An enjoyable movie worthy of a better script.

The Fifth Element

Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element

A collection of enormously silly adolescent fantasies, but entertaining.

How Do Y'all Live?

Miyazaki Hayao’s 君たちはどう生きるか [How Do Y’all Live?]

Seven years of development are more than enough for a script to lose focus.

Perfect Days

Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days

If, at the end, you don’t know whether to be joyful or sad, you’re in good company.

The Beekeeper

David Ayer’s The Beekeeper

The exact dose of gratuitously violent popcorn entertainment I was looking for.

The Name of the Rose

Jean-Jacques Annaud’s The Name of the Rose

The book holds up well, the movie not so much.

Napoleon

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon

Sadly, it left me cold from the first scene to the last.

ゴジラ-1.0 [Gojira Mainasu Wan]

Yamazaki Takashi’s『ゴジラ-1.0』[Gojira Mainasu Wan]

Hands down one of the best movies in Tōhō’s Kaijū franchise.

Phantasm

Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm

For what the movie wants to be, it’s pretty darn good.

千禧曼波 [Millenium Mambo]

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Millennium Mambo

Somewhat spoilery, but plot in this incredible movie isn’t the point.

Sympathy for the Devil

Yuval Adler’s Sympathy for the Devil

An entertaining two-hander with all the antics you can expect from a Nicolas Cage movie.

Plan 75

Hayakawa Chie’s『PLAN 75』

A movie that’s not easy to digest, but apparently easy to misunderstand.

Universal Soldier

Roland Emmerich’s Universal Soldier

Body Count’s in the House.

Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

If this isn’t worth an Academy Award, I don’t know what is.

Die Theorie von Allem

Timm Kröger’s Die Theorie von Allem

I like the movie, and I heartily recommend watching it. But be prepared for some crumminess.

Mononoke Hime

Miyazaki Hayao’s もののけ姫 [Mononoke Hime]

With an excursion into conflict types and Greek Tragedy.

The Killer

David Fincher’s The Killer

Extremely stylish, suspenseful, and Fincher-ish.