This movie was fucking weeeeiiiiiirrrrrd.

​Cillian Murphy was great as the "straight man" slowly going a little crazy. Seeing him outside of his usual intense roles was refreshing, and he delivered some total meme-worthy moments of pure confusion. And I will say that he looked good even when he was sobbing uncontrollably. Lucy Liu was seductive and fun, but her character felt so vapid, the definition of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in that problematic kind of way where she…

​I really liked Triangle of Sadness, so it makes sense that I also really liked Force Majeure. Ruben Östlund is a master of awkward, primal human behaviour and has this incredible way of balancing total absurdity with genuine human nature. The premise here of a father running away from an avalanche and the subsequent breakdown of the family unit is just *chef's kiss.

​The way the fallout was handled made perfect sense to me. It felt like a slow-motion car…

My favourite part of La Haine is when I took my first breath in 90 minutes at the end.

A visually arresting film, showcasing incredible panning, swivel, and overhead shots over the streets, creating a powerful sense of observation. Its black and white cinematography makes for some stunning close-ups, though some of the faster, more jarring movements – like the opening sequence and especially the escalator shot – genuinely made my eyes hurt.

In terms of its story, the film…

​This is acknowledging the overwhelming chaos of our daily existence.
This is every feeling of unrealised potential.
This is every fear that a different path would have meant an infinitely better life.
This is looking at the infinite better versions of our lives and choosing to let them go.
This is realizing that if nothing matters, then the only thing that matters is what is right in front of us.

This is every complex family dynamic.
This is every challenging…