Nothing can prepare someone for their first viewing of Oldboy. But Scoob! is a terribly soulless and bland imitation of Scooby Doo. It has a funny, subversive take on the genre like Knives Out did, but is mixed with a quaint, symmetrical style slightly reminiscent of Wes Anderson, plus its own homage to Agatha Christie novels and old movies. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Transit is about uncertainty, about not knowing the right move to make. That fact is both disgraceful and also terribly sad. The script is simple and elegant, but captures a rugged shimmer of harshness within the characters. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Cinema is a con. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: After the fantastic Wolfwalkers from 2020, My Father's Dragon is a step down for studio Cartoon Saloon. It examines a world set after the current fighting taking place right now. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Child of Another is a sparse, often wordless movie, filled with ugly injustice and cruel circumstances. Images of war are cold and mechanical, even. The dubbing is awkward, the visuals have a cheap digital look, and the effects are terrible. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★ 4. The Big City presents traditions coming to an end. Posted by u/borisdandorra - 8 votes and 10 commentsDarren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: There are a lot of ways in which The Matrix Reloaded is more interesting than The Matrix. Darren is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. Glorious revolution. The 1989 version of The Punisher has a lot of faults, but as a goofy 80s action flick it is pretty fun. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Part of my 400 followers celebration. The narration is some of the most powerful in cinema and the imagery is evocative. 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. Just names by themselves. ★★★★★ Watched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 24 Oct 2016 4. Join here. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Born in Flames presents an alternate America, one supposedly liberated and socialist, rejecting both communism and fascism. About this list: This list is no longer being updated. Beautiful shots linger, of silhouettes in a landscape and boys stood against a shining sky. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 6. Join. It exists in a world of judgment, where characters feel attacked by expectations while also being expected to judge others. Imagination and wit is not limited by physical limitations. Read at your discretion. Yet beneath each change things are still the same. It is firmly stuck in Fassbinder's harsh, icy world and is a film of cold intellectualism. Empire of Passion is a dark tale of murder and guilt. It is a film of humour and heart. It is an audacious work, one plucked from both fantasy and reality. As the film shows, fighting inequality is not about ideology (being a. Looking through my friend's ratings, I anticipate some people will disagree massively with my review. Politics. It fails as a follow-up to The Exorcist as it undermines the original and seems to misunderstand why the first film was so good. Hooptober X Mario Bava was a composer of images. “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 review published on Letterboxd: A Summer's Tale is about a young man confused. What a load of wank. 1,001 To See. But with both Old and Knock at the Cabin, I feel like his. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: No Regrets for Our Youth is a curious film for Akira Kurosawa. Created for Helen's poll. The Bridge on the River Kwai establishes itself as a superb wartime adventure. Films where the film title is a person's name. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s 2023 to date. Coppola's movie has a formal playfulness that. 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. A bright future left behind, a dark void remaining. It finds an elegant and natural way to discuss disability, by focusing on what can be achieved and not what can't. It has a love for people, for the individuals, for those who aren't special. It is not a. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Chinese Roulette is a cruel movie. It is the greatest philosophical and political allegory since Sátántangó , another film by master auteur Béla Tarr. A story that has no author, just reality as art. This film tries to explore the reality of exorcism by filming a. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Memories. I also run the Letterboxd Top 250 Horror. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ 3. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Daring in the way that cinema should be, Punishment Park is a provocative piece that challenges us to face the system. Leaving Earth for nothing. Then we witness some of the greatest opening scenes of all time, revealing characters who represent righteous justice, crooked. Just to give you an idea of what you might see, here are some of my pumpkins. I have a new list, a vote for the best film of 2020, using the same rules as the Academy Awards: boxd. d’Or Winners 61% 61 of 100. The film embraces the shallowest of lifestyles to reveal the emptiness of it all. Mild spoilers, but the film isn't worth watching anyway. These are very loosely ranked. Yet it slowly reveals social anarchy and the everyday fascism of family life. ★★★★★ 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. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. ★★★★½ Rewatched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 08 Apr 2021 Suspiria is a loud movie, in its blaring, repetitive music and also its bright, bold colours that shine across the rainbow. A bastard son of Goodfellas, an overlong, over-indulgent epilogue to his previous gangster movies. Calib McBolts thelistislife42 Rocky Zach Nabors Sean Ishan RanchoTuVu Sabbir Parvez Shohan Blake. At times it appears as a morality tale, but it is also an examination of social conventions and. Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness just captures the passage of time, using it to outline an entire history. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #18. 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 has written 175 reviews for films rated ★★★★★ . 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. About this list: Douban is an all-purpose Chinese social media service. Suggestions welcome. Drive My Car is a soft-spoken drama about the lies and pain we choose to accept. As a child he witnessed the infamous Candelária Massacre, where Brazilian police. 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. Though it must be said the connection to the first film is very slim. Lynne Ramsay. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: You can also read this review at Cineflix Daily. It is about a government being. Poor Things allows Yorgos Lanthimos the opportunity to fully embrace the surreal in his own quirky way. Disability. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #26. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The loneliness of being different. 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). The Fountain 2006 ★★ Watched May 25, 2018. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: 10 years of strong, but mostly unremarkable, blockbusters lead us to Avengers: Infinity War . 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: The Outsiders presents a mythical, rural, teenage reality. It is completely unoriginal, mashing together ideas from loads of better movies. His films are built on atmosphere and a symphony of astonishing genre visuals. 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. The Blue Caftan seems initially to be a study of repressed desire, but it gives way to broader themes about death and life. Dungeonskramz #6. Knock at the Cabin 2023 ★★★ Watched Feb 05, 2023. 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). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: This review may contain spoilers. Protest footage plays, subplots of young ambition push the story forward, yet it is the. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Landscapes of empty beauty dominate A Touch of Zen. 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 ★★★★ A unique and odd film, Dementia is a silent work from the 1950s, playing with mundane surrealism in a way that feels proto-Lynchian. A list of 64 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Duck, You Sucker (1971), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Napoleon (1927), October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1927) and Battleship Potemkin (1925). Hayao Miyazaki is likely the greatest animation director of all time and Princess Mononoke is his finest work. The actors do a great job and they mostly seem believable. It is fundamentally pointless. Favorites: The Wicker Man (1973), Beauty and the Beast (1978), Mommy (2014), Sambizanga (1972). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s reviews. Watched May 29, 2023. Her style is ferociously unique and her humanising portrayal of people rarely seen in cinema makes for something insightful. For when you want to wallow in despair. Set in a house of dishonesty, Chinese Roulette functions as a beautiful chamber piece. About this list: Douban is an all-purpose Chinese social media service that also functions as a cultural database that allows users. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: An essay through time, The Metamorphosis of Birds appears as a collection of narrated memories. All Time 100 81% 81 of 100. Its endlessly quirky postmodernism is used in service of an offbeat style and complete fun. It fails as a legacy sequel because the references to the past are tenuous and forced. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 135. A list of 30 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), Ran (1985), High and Low (1963) and Red Beard (1965). About this list: Films where a city defines the film to the point where it becomes an integral character. 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. A country dealing with war, politically flailing, without an identity. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a beautiful movie, and in fact a beautiful consideration of the human experience. A list of 500 films compiled on Letterboxd, including 12 Angry Men (1957), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), 2046 (2004), 3-Iron (2004) and The 400 Blows (1959). These are very loosely ranked. Each part exists as its own dreamlike structure, lacking sensible reason but constructed so precisely. Though it also plays things very safe. To be updated for every 10 movies I watch. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 16. ★★★★★ Rewatched by Darren Carver-Balsiger 10 May 2018 4. It takes real formal confidence to attempt a twenty minute scene like that. Dracula 3D contains some of the most crude and unconvincing CGI I. This is perhaps why I find films like Andrei Rublev so enticing. The characters all contrast with each other strongly, and inevitably they learn to. It deals with spirituality in a world that does not make sense, which makes belief more of a risk for the characters. High Life is harsh and pointless, an exercise in futility. 700Z. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: T he Nice Guys works best when it relies on the chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Todd Field's Tár is an inventive and detailed drama. 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. 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,. Yet Eileen. Weathering with You thus minimises real suffering, sexualises and fantasises a love story that has no believable start point, and panders to a vacuous and selfish view of romance. About this list: Science fiction is one of my favourite genres, and I thought it'd. N. It isn't historical or overtly science-fiction or brazenly experimental. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and Shaun of the Dead (2004). It's about the reality of growing up and the consequences of an. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #29. I’ve mentioned this in previous threads, but Tony (tectactoe) is steadfastly my favorite reviewer on the platform; I would certainly recommend stopping by his page. Watched Sep 18, 2017. 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). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: What a load of shite. Section 28, the legislation the film centres around, which banned the "promotion of homosexuality", was still in place in the 21st century. Once the big action finale starts, Cameron finally delivers what he's best at. It's twisted, but in a way which is both beautiful and cold. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: 3000 Followers Celebration. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A cry of anger and frustration. Key scenes take place in fire and rain, revelling in the. Change. Tagged. It starts with a woman walking across a desert, and then goes to so many other places. At the centre of the film is an unwise, selfish decision, and its consequences spiral out to ruin lives. From the very opening shot, of a huge crowd, it becomes clear that this is one of Mizoguchi's most epic movies. It is a film of changing times and the constant presence of history. This is a film of distractions within distractions. A list of 10 films compiled on Letterboxd, including 3-Iron (2004), Chungking Express (1994), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Handmaiden (2016) and Late Spring (1949). 2001: A Space Odyssey will never be surpassed as a work of wonder and mystery. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Taipei Story is a masterpiece of inner feeling. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Noirvember. Honourable Mentions: Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (Richard Linklater) Barbarian (Zach Cregger) Boiling Point (Philip Barantini) Both Sides of the Blade (Claire Denis). If Crip. 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). Martyrs is a deeply traumatising work, not just because it depicts evil, but because it captures both physical and mental torture. Join here. It also locks them out of their Edwardian society, as people. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Shakespeare within the Japanese mountains. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: American bloodshed. 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. It remains a unique landmark for the genre. He is obviously a fine filmmaker but this sort of material feels uneven when placed in his hands. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Director's Cut (2012) Heaven's Gate appeals to me artistically and thematically, though I don't think some of the story threads are told very well. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Armageddon Time 2022 ★★★ Watched Nov 20, 2022. To the characters in Maurice, homosexuality locks them in, unable to share their feelings with anyone. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and Shaun of the Dead (2004). 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). Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker is the perfect deconstruction of romanticised revolutions. Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quicklyLetterboxd 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. The film follows a girl wanting to go to school but is caught in a patriarchal society that won't let her. Just names by themselves. Share. ========== More. 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. Obama had 8 years to fix some of these problems and did not. Anyway, I just learnt that the entire original run of Doctor Who is on Letterboxd. About this list: Douban is an all-purpose Chinese social media. Please visit the current, updated Top 250 Sci-Fi Films list. Nominally the film set in the fictional republic of Eldorado, but the allegory for Brazilian politics is. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Structurally intriguing, Barbarian starts off as one type of horror movie and then becomes another. Ratigan (that made this amazing list - Mine is this if you want to check it: Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: What a load of wank. Religious conflict sows the seeds of The Wicker Man, a film of Christian values pitted against degenerate otherness. You're a different person when you're on holiday. The personification of elements is just a very basic concept. It's a film of murder, rape, and mutilated corpses, shown in ways his previous films would only imply. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★ 63. We are a failed society. imgur. Killers of the Flower Moon is a masterpiece of evil, a film of the horrors of man. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ 7 Constantly nuanced and allegorical, The Silence is a logic-defying film about lonely characters in a wordless world. They are a great comedy duo and play off each other well, with Gosling going for more broad comedy and Crowe a bit dryer. Hooptober #30. Zero Dark Thirty is the ultimate revenge movie, a story of how a country spent a decade seeking vengeance. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: B'Twixt Now and Sunrise: The Authentic Cut. It is popular blockbuster filmmaking at its best, an epic that is relentlessly enjoyable and constantly breathtaking. No other word in the title besides a name. 115. 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. It is a film of happy memories depicted with melancholia. Full Metal Jacket is the story of how to create killers. Powered by JustWatchReview by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★ The raw energy of Brother makes for cinema that has an impact. Set in a multilingual village, with Romanian, Hungarian, and German speakers, the story becomes emblematic of wider issues in contemporary Europe. Pearl is. Not counting festival-only movies (apologies to The Novelist's. Favorites: The Wicker. 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. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. About this list: Pessimistic worldviews. Sadly it is also a failure. • 9 mo. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #16. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: M. The informal trilogy - Hour of the Wolf, Shame, The. In fact, things got worse, and what little good he did has been undone by Trump's even worse policies. Every second pulsates with energy, heart, and intensity. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s Watchlist. Braveheart 1995 ★★ Watched Mar 05, 2022. It's explicitly based on a real event and inherently political due to its subject matter. Yet it is too effective, too clever, and too influential to be called a failure. It feels like themes and ideas are treated just like the effects, things to be bolted onto a movie because they are a. The historical production design is predictably great and the mild horror allows the story to be the centre rather than the shocks. Sex as an affront to experimentation. Yet somehow, and only with hindsight, the opening fifteen minutes are the best part of Halloween: Resurrection. However I discuss in detail the themes and ideas of the movie, which in this case could be considered mild spoilers. Tagged. Edward Yang made cinema that probed the. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A horror masterpiece, whilst The Shining may not even be among my top 4 Kubrick films, it is certainly the one which I most think of when describing his distinctive style. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. Showgirls could be described as a high budget exploitation flick. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Orlando is a beautiful work, a film of history and identity played with a poetry that feels so fresh and modern. Ugetsu draws on folklore and classic Japanese literature to produce quintessential jidaigeki cinema. It is an immersive, intense work, but its dependence on narrative takes away from the themes and experience. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake offers very little compared to the original. 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: The vast majority of Blonde is a masterpiece. It is about the dehumanisation of war, the reduction of man into weaponry. Between this and 3 Idiots there's clearly a message to de-stress education, let people learn in their own way, and encourage creativity. These are the horror films on Letterboxd with the highest average rating. About this list: A ranking of all the films I've seen by Akira Kurosawa. Letterboxd 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. The local dialect and untrained actors help provide that. It is the most extraordinary film, a work of immersion built upon a chain reaction of intercutting timelines. A lot of genre films work in this area, although Manichitrathazhu maintains some unique cultural specificity. This is a film where Park is at the height of his powers, using complex. AFI 100 Years. It opens with a forty minute prologue, that would be a perfect short film by itself, but manages to then spend the rest of the runtime peeling away all the leftover feelings that linger. The issue of victimhood becomes complex, revealing a criminal who lived his life in poverty and had no home. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a savage satire on corruption, bureaucracy, and authoritarianism. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The ocean is huge and life feels small. Just to give you an idea of what you might see, here are some of my pumpkins. Wes Anderson. Join here. It is quietly unnerving, with very dark ideas. In a way the film is simple, because it consists of talking and direct political statements. You're a different person when you're on holiday. This is fundamentally a film about Africa and the treatment of its people in a society which now proclaims equality. It's solidly made, with some giallo style visuals, and the long stream of twists in. It has a purity, delving into the beauty of childhood innocence but never avoiding tough topics. 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. No shorts, no TV series or movies, no YouTube videos, no filmed. I was actually very excited to see Weathering with You. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober X. Read at your discretion. Films where the film title is a person's name. I want to just thank Brandon, whose director marathons inspired me to do this one. A 26-year-old software engineer from Leeds, England, Darren chats with fellow list-maker extraordinaire Jack Moulton about how the Letterboxd community has. Service. About this list: Pessimistic worldviews. Per Decade: 1910s: 1 1920s: 13 1930s: 10 1940s: 15 1950s: 31 1960s: 46 1970s: 53 1980s: 35 1990s: 39 2000s: 41 2010s: 46 2020s: 2 Recurring Directors: 9 films - Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman 8 films - Martin Scorsese 7 films -. 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: The Devil and Father Amorth feels like a cheap late night TV documentary and, on those terms, it's some embellished nonsense decently put together. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Chinese Roulette is a cruel movie. A list of 999 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Psycho (1960), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Shining (1980), Alien (1979) and The Thing (1982). Reply Popo1on Buntmans •. Taipei Story is a masterpiece of inner feeling. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A waltz with eternity. Darren Carver-Balsiger or Daniel PG Simpson (Eyebrow Cinema on YouTube). Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Bela Tarr captures life in all it's glory but he's not a director who seemingly admires the world we live in; instead he captures how shit life gets and presents it to us in the. Perhaps the most. Sign in to create or like lists; Share. Service. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: It's a shame Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Sanctuary is an intriguing two-hander, playing with a series of shifting power dynamics performed by two great actors. 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. The final act is silly and far-fetched, but not in a particularly endearing way. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: I have to respect Pearl for its incredible visual texture, achieved on such a low budget. Neo's role as The One is explored, and the saviour metaphor is compelling. In a burnt out, pointless world men die for nothing, but they were no longer men, they were already corpses sent out. The way that Forrest ends up fitting into history is witty and amusing enough. It's clearly a personal passion project, and strays away from following formula entirely. Since comedy is his favourite genre, I thought it'd. It is moody and atmospheric, built upon grand production design that emphasises the dark and empty world of its characters. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Holdovers is very likeable, very funny, and very sentimental. Darren uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. Religion has always been foreign to me. This one uses that setting for a different type of conflict while still carrying high-stakes tension. Shame is one of Ingmar Bergman's greatest films, and a film that is distinctively his work even though it has a few atypical features. The Godfather: Part II is superior to the first film. Aftersun is filled with little moments. 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. It reflects the calm of life, through still shots of windows and beds and phones, and yet it reveals a constant inner chaos. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Kalel, 15 2019 ★★★★½ . A man who believes cremation relieves a burden is the lead character, a rather strange setup. Darren is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. Rewatched Apr 09, 2017. His career began in Sweden but he catapulted to fame with his collaborations with director Ingmar Bergman. Highest First; Lowest First; Other; Your Interests. Reply Popo1on Buntmans •. Set in a multilingual village, with Romanian, Hungarian, and German speakers, the story becomes emblematic of wider issues in contemporary Europe. . Fear in the Night is a late Hammer thriller that tells a nice, twisty story but lacks originality. Mankind's significance in the universe is. Picked by: Cinemaverse Official. Hooptober #25. 1950s UFO movies led to Close Encounters of the Third Kind , E. Mild spoilers, but the film isn't worth watching anyway. To fight for what is right is violent and tough. Remove filters; Fade watched films;. Join. Love Massacre is a lot of things. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: In my opinion The Thin Red Line is a very flawed movie. It has style and depth without feeling pretentious or above the genre. The Sacrifice is almost an oddity amongst Tarkovsky's seven features. It can show a moving image of real life which, without comment, can tell. It remains a unique landmark for the genre. 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). Darren Carver-Balsiger and Jaime Rebanal. Instead it is a film about family discourse and the awful views dug out of the woodwork in the current climate. All of Us Strangers 2023 ★★★½ . 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. Unfortunately The Creator falls short elsewhere. Quentin Tarantino. About this list: Based on a suggestion by MasterLundegaard, I thought it'd be fun to have a community vote to find the best loved romance films on the site. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★½ 4. Shot in an. The film follows a man wandering, listening to the people he meets. He's the most annoying guy in the site imo. 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. It is genuinely eerie at times, with a very slow burn approach that elicits something creepy and. We observe and experience, we do not know why things happen. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Atlantis presents a post-apocalyptic vision of Ukraine's future with just 28 shots. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: In the Fade starts off as a powerful drama about grief and racism, but derails by the end and doesn't really amount to much. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: SPOILERS ahead, but I would recommend reading this review regardless.