★★★½ Watched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 27 Nov 2019 26 **Minor Spoilers** Knives Out isn't a murder mystery. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: 10 years of strong, but mostly unremarkable, blockbusters lead us to Avengers: Infinity War . The pace is frantic, with footage cut together from many sources. Though it must be said the connection to the first film is very slim. Every frame looks beautiful, aided by some wonderful. T. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★ 2 Manichitrathazhu is a very simple psychological horror movie, playing with a haunted house setup, a ghostly woman, and a bunch of strange happenings. I have a new list, a vote for the best film of 2020, using the same rules as the Academy Awards: boxd. I always meant to, but I never knew how to express my emotions. Watched Jul 06, 2018. Find Darren Carver-Balsiger's articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and moreSee new Tweets. Infinity Pool is raw and uncompromised, extreme cinema at its most conceptual and intriguing. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Dracula 3D is just bafflingly poor on a technical level. 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's about the reality of growing up and the consequences of an aimless life. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: There are no words which can truly describe the power of silence within The Look of Silence. The lead has her face recreated. A gasp of “wait, this is going to be three and a half hours!?!”Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. 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. Fraternity. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The overwhelming feeling captured in The Only Son is disappointment. (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: This review contains various thematic spoilers but only vague allusions to plot spoilers. Conversation“August Top 4 First-time Watches: The Battle of Algiers (1966, Pontecorvo) Beau Travail (1999, Denis) The Only Son (1936, Ozu) Sunset Boulevard (1950, Wilder)”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. If Crip. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: An essay through time, The Metamorphosis of Birds appears as a collection of narrated memories. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: This review may contain spoilers. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A single touch on the shoulder, all the love and pain in the world. Here extremism is presented in practice and at face value. There is an eroticism and sadism on display, which makes the film so perverse and exciting. 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. Cinema is the most powerful medium, because it has the ability to be the most objective medium. There's no real evidence for it, but it's scientific fact. Armageddon Time 2022 ★★★ Watched Nov 20, 2022. About this list: My Top 100 films from 2020 - 2029. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Noirvember. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: In some ways The Fabelmans in one of Spielberg's most artistically complete movies. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Werckmeister Harmonies is a film of constant symbolism and allegory. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober X. The film follows a girl wanting to go to school but is caught in a patriarchal society that won't let her. It is not a. It mostly boils down to a. It is the story of a widow who struggles her entire life to pay for her son's education, and eventually sending him away to study and become a great man. Money flows, so death flows. 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. About this list: CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED 2023 LIST ----- A one-off list for Halloween 2020, of the 1000 highest rated horror films on Letterboxd. It deals with the clutter we acquire and the process needed to clear up our lives. It is popular blockbuster filmmaking at its best, an epic that is relentlessly enjoyable and constantly breathtaking. That is, the 1963 - 89 original 26 season run. Braveheart is pitiful and I feel truly insulted by it. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: RRR surely has the greatest action scenes of the year, and probably the best musical scenes too. No repeated titles. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Forrest Gump is not particularly noteworthy as a film, although it is popular. Before Parasite was the Korean film adored by the West, there was Oldboy. It is a vile work, filled with moral failings and hypocrisy. Unfortunately The Creator falls short elsewhere. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #29. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The ocean is huge and life feels small. A list of 30 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), Ran (1985), High and Low (1963) and Red Beard (1965). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: An interesting thriller that's consistently engaging, if rarely outstanding, Personal Shopper is strong evidence that Kristen Stewart is a better actress than a lot of people give her credit for. The Bridge on the River Kwai establishes itself as a superb wartime adventure. His films are built on atmosphere and a symphony of astonishing genre visuals. 347Z. 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. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ 11 Charulata is one of Satyajit Ray's most technically accomplished works, filled with precise shots and careful editing. But as a documentary film from William Friedkin, it's a bit of a mess. 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). Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 16. All of Us Strangers is a film of the past forcing itself upon us and needing to move on. Anyway, I just learnt that the entire original run of Doctor Who is on Letterboxd. Focusing on Mayan characters and told in the Kaqchikel language, Ixcanul is about people living on the side of a volcano. Imagination and wit is not limited by physical limitations. Darren Carver-Balsiger commented on his own review of The Holdovers 19h. This is a film of distractions within distractions. The film is also beautifully shot, with shining colours that make the whole world vibrant. Just names by themselves. The best pumpkin carvers from around the country are here to do what they do and you should check it out. It is a distinctive work, clearly made with a strong passion, and filled with both extraordinary imagery and. It's like an Ozu movie, knotted in the tension between old and new. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Part of my 400 followers celebration. Of course there are Bergman tropes but it's played at a different level to his. Set in a multilingual village, with Romanian, Hungarian, and German speakers, the story becomes emblematic of wider issues in contemporary Europe. It's not the plot which matters here, but the fun interactions between characters. A Brighter Summer Day is a truth epic, a four hour journey into the abyss of teenage disillusionment. It takes real formal confidence to attempt a twenty minute scene like that. Sansho the Bailiff is a humanist film of humble scope. Sorry! What a bunch of nonsense. It's his most complex movie that isn't cluttered, and certainly his most deep. It digs into deeper social tensions than most films, but has a unique artifice. g. Darren Carver-Balsiger and Jaime Rebanal. It remains a unique landmark for the genre. About this list: Pessimistic worldviews. He is quintessential male Bergman lead,. Manichitrathazhu is a very simple psychological horror movie, playing with a haunted house setup, a ghostly woman, and a bunch of strange happenings. It is partially about trauma and rebuilding everything. 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. Bong Joon-ho. Everything about Carol astonishes me. ★★★★★ Rewatched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 19 Apr 2017 7 Like a ripe peach, The Handmaiden is a succulent experience filled with delicious and juicy moments. Of all the films distributed by Netflix, I think Roma is the one which most deserves to be seen in the cinema. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. Join here. I'm not adding every single film called Michael, for example. Nolan's precision has earned him. Although the principle of preserving law is an act of privilege in this case. It is quietly unnerving, with very dark ideas. Just to give you an idea of what you might see, here are some of my pumpkins. While it starts off well, it ends up descending into a fantasy story that feels very old-fashioned and uninteresting. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Ossos is a quiet look at people suffering and the compassion they can share. These are… 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 List maestro Darren Carver-Balsiger chats with Letterboxd's head of platform content Jack Moulton about arthouse cinema, enduring The Room, obscure essential horror films from around the world and tips for how to conduct a Letterboxd community poll. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The most confident of directorial debuts, Pather Panchali is the most valuable kind of cinema. With dad being how he is, and me being me, I wonder if you ever heard it enough. F for Fake is more an exercise in form, a journey behind the camera where the editing draws attention to itself. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Pretty much entirely fictional, Corsage is a work of artistic expression and interpretation more than a biopic. 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). Then we witness some of the greatest opening scenes of all time, revealing characters who represent righteous justice, crooked. Pretentious statements and philosophical musings are nowhere to be found. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: In my opinion The Thin Red Line is a very flawed movie. d’Or Winners 61% 61 of 100. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Wachowski Sisters certainly owe a debt to anime for all the inspiration they've been given throughout their career. Protest footage plays, subplots of young ambition push the story forward, yet it is the. The historical production design is predictably great and the mild horror allows the story to be the centre rather than the shocks. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: This review contains various thematic spoilers but only vague allusions to plot spoilers. 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). Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ . It is a film about dying, and how that makes every second of living valuable. It doubles down on the worst aspects of the garbage original (the totally unfunny humour, the objectification of the female characters, the unappealing military aesthetic) and adds even. About this list: A ranking of all the films I've seen by Akira Kurosawa. I thought I'd share movies that. I recently wrote an article about long films, so here is a list of every film over 4* hours in length that I could think of. To the characters in Maurice, homosexuality locks them in, unable to share their feelings with anyone. What starts as fiction becomes a fake documentary and then descends into madness. Every frame is a perfectly constructed, twisty tale of love, lust and fetishism underneath a story of deception, lies and greed. Sex as an affront to experimentation. It is so broad and mainstream that it ends up dumb and patronising, treating the audience as fools. It's explicitly based on a real event and inherently political due to its subject matter. Tagged. Mostly nonverbal, each beautiful second is about immersion rather than clarity. Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness just captures the passage of time, using it to outline an entire history. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake offers very little compared to the original. A 26-year-old software engineer from Leeds, England, Darren chats with fellow list-maker extraordinaire Jack Moulton about how the Letterboxd community has. This is fundamentally a film about Africa and the treatment of its people in a society which now proclaims equality. Full Metal Jacket is the story of how to create killers. Ugetsu draws on folklore and classic Japanese literature to produce quintessential jidaigeki cinema. Watched Mar 18, 2022. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: It's a shame Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The location work is also impressive here, perhaps. Possession is warped, disturbed, unnerving, distressing, depraved, fucked up, twisted, nasty, horrific, intense, creepy and absolutely brilliant. Mild spoilers, but the film isn't worth watching anyway. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s films. Darren is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. It's a film of bodies in movement, of great expanses of water, of dances and community. This is Akira Kurosawa at his most ambitious and most mature, making cinema his tool to tell an epic and deeply human story of greed and deceit. 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. . Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The memories that remain. Powered by JustWatchReview by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★ The raw energy of Brother makes for cinema that has an impact. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Cow is Andrea Arnold's Cannibal Holocaust . This is the perfect wuxia movie. It's as if the memory is erased. It is fundamentally pointless. No repeated titles. This is perhaps why I find films like Andrei Rublev so enticing. The film is based on the life story of William Walker, the American filibuster who invaded and made himself president of Nicaragua. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: What a load of shite. 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. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 23. As an adaptation of the legend of Amleth, the inspiration for Hamlet, the film is travelling well-worn paths. Looking back over Akira Kurosawa's career,. The Killer is a doomed romance disguised as a buddy cop film inside a gangster film. A film told backwards, with an ending that defines all else. Entranced Earth digs deep into a rotten world, finding only failure in the political dynamics of Latin America. Max von Sydow was one of the finest actors to ever emerge from the European festival circuit. Full Metal Jacket is the story of how to create killers. Paths of Glory is a harrowing film, starting off as a war picture then becoming a courtroom drama and finally a tragedy. The film is a mood piece, a work of beauty and horror intertwined. About this list: Pessimistic worldviews. It starts with a woman walking across a desert, and then goes to so many other places. German history represents many. Martin Scorsese. For when you want to wallow in despair. Refugees have no sanctuary and little hope. Sadly, most episodes of the 2005 onwards revival are not on Letterboxd, so I didn't include them. Find Darren Carver-Balsiger's email address, contact information, LinkedIn, Twitter, other social media and more. I would have called it pretentious wank but it's so empty I don't even think it's trying to say something. What I admired about it was its unique and original sensibilities. ========== I'd love to see your leagues if you set them up, so please share them with me in the comments if you want! My friend John has produced an excellent resource for creating your own. Instead a modernising city brings change and new economic roles for women. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: You can also read this review at Psychotronic Cinema. Faces are half cast in shadow, these distressed, pain. About this list: This list is no longer being updated. The film is a mood piece, a work of beauty and horror. Visibility Filters. 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. 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). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: 3000 Followers Celebration. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Spermy Solaris. Yet it slowly reveals social anarchy and the everyday fascism of family. However Athena as a whole does not live up to that beginning. For a ranked list of my favourite films, see here. Taipei was the centre of a new middle class in a rapidly developed economy. r/Letterboxd. For when you want to wallow in despair. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Mild spoilers, but the film isn't worth watching anyway. A country dealing with war, politically flailing, without an identity. Section 28, the legislation the film centres around, which banned the "promotion of homosexuality", was still in place in the 21st century. From Daniel Farrands, director of the abymal The Haunting of Sharon Tate, comes a somehow even worse film. The film's biggest successes are twofold. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #26. Obama's production company owns American Factory. It's about guiding the spirits, taking those who have passed and making peace with them. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The first two hours of Avatar: The Way of Water are a bit rubbish. Set in a house of dishonesty, Chinese Roulette functions as a beautiful chamber piece. 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. Eyes Without a Face is creepy and unnerving at first, as we wonder just what is happening. No shorts, no TV series or movies, no YouTube videos, no filmed. Babel adds up to nothing. Yes, it has failed to reduce the number of drug users, it has increased the power of criminal organisations, and it has lasted far longer than ever imagined. Since comedy is his favourite genre, I thought it'd. 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). History of the Occult is very easy to admire and be impressed by. Abuse is allowed as long as it produces prestige and profit, and almost no one wants to change that. The story is so complicated, filled with too many. Love Massacre is a lot of things. It is cheaply made, shoddily written, and poorly acted. Taipei was the centre of a new middle class in a rapidly developed economy. We observe and experience, we do not know why things happen. A man, dirtied and shirtless, wanders across a burnt landscape. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. He's the most annoying guy in the site imo. It very much feels like the work of an outsider looking in, not really telling us a. Here are my favourites 😀: letterboxd. This is new kind of event cinema, a film built on the back of 18 others, with over 20 already established cinematic heroes, at least 10 other reprising characters, and a villain setup over 6. Incendies presents itself as a more considered, arthouse thriller, but in reality it's a more populist work, which is not a bad thing. It is about a government being. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: X is a good, proper horror movie. Films that are no longer on the current list left for one of the following reasons: -. Spoilers from second paragraph onwards. Stuff happens, but nothing really happens, and it all means nothing. It is a bold political movie that will dishearten those who. I used to love Scooby Doo as a kid, and even as an adult I've rewatched bits every now and again. There are flawed films that I love more. Favorites: The Wicker. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s reviews. Secondly, it's a visual treat. These are very loosely ranked. I have little to comment on the film itself, except that it is a decently entertaining story and that's about it. 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. At its centre is a story of a woman attempting to improve her house, and from. For when you want to wallow in despair. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Todd Field's Tár is an inventive and detailed drama. Shot in an. It is about the dehumanisation of war, the reduction of man into weaponry. It is visually spectacular. Leaving Earth for nothing. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Shakespeare within the Japanese mountains. Dear Mum, I never said "I love you" enough. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Key scenes take place in fire and rain, revelling in the. They are a great comedy duo and play off each other well, with Gosling going for more broad comedy and Crowe a bit dryer. Kalel, 15 2019 ★★★★½ . About this list: The revolution is not a social dinner, a literary event, a drawing or an embroidery; it cannot be done with. I also run the Letterboxd Top 250 Horror. All of Us Strangers is a film of the past forcing itself upon us and needing to move on. It remains a unique landmark for the genre. It is moody and atmospheric, built upon grand production design that emphasises the dark and empty world of its characters. Read at your discretion. No other word in the title besides a name. What a load of wank. It is bookended by montages of soldiers, planes, tanks, warships, and factories. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A silhouette runs in front of the sun. Join here. 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. Watched Oct 08, 2023. Glorious revolution. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: An unrelentingly grim experience, Holy Spider is an intense, unsettling work. ========== More information. Dungeonskramz #6. It's clearly a personal passion project, and strays away from following formula entirely. It is visually spectacular. To fight for what is right is violent and tough. 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. A list of 300 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), TÁR (2022), RRR (2022) and Aftersun (2022). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Cinema is a con. It does so in a way that is emotional and provides real closure for the current series. A list of 415 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Come and See (1985), The Thing (1982), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Psycho (1960) and Funeral Parade of Roses (1969). " Is this the France that everyone experiences? The characters in La Haine make a good case for the idea that this three word ideal is rarely reached. There are previous Hammer films like Taste of Fear or Nightmare which aren't so far away from this. It's about the reality of growing up and the consequences of an. Jabison113. 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. About this list: VOTING IS NOW CLOSED SEE THE NOMINATIONS AND VOTE IN THE NEXT ROUND HERE ----- This. 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. Read at your discretion. The film's biggest successes are twofold. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Bad Sleep Well has a superb opening set piece, featuring an arrest at a wedding. Picked by: Michael’s Cinema Paradiso, Mr_Macaroon , and Lars Thurgood. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Exorcist: Believer is the worst of all worlds. Hooptober X Mario Bava was a composer of images. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Fisherman's Diary is a deeply flawed film, though it has the noble intention of encouraging gender equality in education. No Bears is complex and dense, showcasing great meaning and many parallel stories and styles even though the execution is made within limits. It also locks them out of their Edwardian society, as people. LATEST UPDATE: NOVEMBER THE 1ST OF 2023 New or back on the list: 1917 at #39 The Magnificent Seven at #222 Gone from the list: The Great Silence (no longer classified as action) - was #43 Iron Monkey - was #249 I was shocked to see no one had made a top 250 for action movies, so I made one myself. Fear in the Night is a late Hammer thriller that tells a nice, twisty story but lacks originality. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas spent large parts of their careers repackaging genres that they love. Nobody Loves You and You Don't Deserve to Exist is a powerful look at a kind of social rot that has taken root in a lot of British society. The film follows two sisters, one evil and one pure. The film embraces the shallowest of lifestyles to reveal the emptiness of it all. Newest First; Earliest First; Darren’s Rating. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: My predominant feeling about Armageddon Time was that it seemed very uninteresting. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Memories. Unfortunately, as soon as the setup is established, the film promptly becomes ridiculous and gets convoluted in nonsensical plotting and illogical. It has authenticity, even though it manages to be musical and have a pop soundtrack. A lot of genre films work in this area, although Manichitrathazhu maintains some unique cultural specificity. Well, fuck that. Religion has always been foreign to me. Beautiful shots linger, of silhouettes in a landscape and boys stood against a shining sky. ★★★★★ Rewatched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 16 Oct 2017 2 I think my previous review basically covered most of the points I have to say about Blade Runner 2049 (yes, I still maintain it's a little too fast paced in parts), but this viewing really cemented in my mind that it's almost certainly the greatest blockbuster of recent times. The film straddles multiple genres, with musical and comedy elements attached to a mystery plot that slowly becomes a horror film. ========== I'd love to see your leagues if you set them up, so please share them with me in the comments if you want! My friend John has produced an excellent resource for creating your own. Unfortunately The Creator falls short elsewhere. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. The fourth and fifth entries were already struggling to come up with fresh ideas, and VI barely has anything interesting happening even though the change in setting provides a superficial distinction to the previous movies. Cries and Whispers is a film of dominant reds, with white and black serving as secondary colours. Opening Night is a film of a woman struggling, unstable in her own life. However, aside from those things, Biutiful is an underwhelming effort. You're a different person when you're on holiday. 115. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Set many centuries ago, in unstable times, Taira Clan Saga is a film of beautiful compositions and complicated characters. About this list: Movies made by auteur directors with a very arthouse sensibility, that happen to be genre movies (e. For when you want to wallow in despair. About this list: Pessimistic worldviews. A 26-year-old software engineer from Leeds, England, Darren chats with fellow list-maker extraordinaire Jack Moulton about how the Letterboxd community has helped him discover obscure gems that aren’t likely to appear on the IMDb Top 250 any time soon. There are so many bad and clumsy edits. Service. Join here. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. 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. Stuff happens, but nothing really happens, and it all means nothing. It's twisted, but in a way which is both beautiful and cold. The film is about religion at. It is a film of lost knowledge, imagining the stories and ideas destroyed by colonialism. It stays quiet and doesn't reach for melodrama. The feeling of everyday life, the power of the ordinary, Bicycle Thieves is simply life captured. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Deterioration. I think the problem is that the film is trying to internalise something which it presents so externally. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Men don't fight in war, soldiers do. ago. Never Look Away traces a trail through time, a tale of art under totalitarianism and later of freedom when you have nothing to say. Set in the 1960s it examines a rough world full of sick and twisted people. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: R. Now that is scientific fact. Twixt presents a filmmaker unshackled from expectations. 776Z Updated 2022-02-21T23:39:01. Ordered by films titled with a full name, then just first names, and then surnames. About this list: Every film to have ever appeared on Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films. It is a very personal work, existing as a document of the director's grandfather.