Not a single scene in this film is wasted. Even when the activities are confusing and vague, you can feel things shift and move forward.
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This is a classic piece of film noir by way of drama, thriller and comedy. It's a dense and spirited work, and boy has it aged well.
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In this story, Earth is the good guy, the villain is you, and there is no happy ending.
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To say that Gaspar Noe is indulgent and unrestrained is an understatement. He's the one who filmed memorably upsetting violence in "Irreversible", a film which just like this one, was as disturbing as it was endearing. But there's method to the madness
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Tuko Macho is a timely and necessary piece of work. It’s the mirror this city desperately needs, challenging us to grim self-examination.
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Meryl Streep's contribution to the lack-of-diversity conversation at the Berlinale was disappointing, pitiful and laughable. Fortunately, the films weren't.
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Its immense socio-political impact notwithstanding, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song is a graphic, discordant, low-brow frenzy of noise believing itself to be a landmark, dissenting voice of its time.
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Kiarostami’s triumph does not lie exclusively on simple flourishes, but rather in his ability to keep them relevant to a heartwarming story about a ruse that really did happen.
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