This looks like the utter nadir of nostalgia culture. Spielberg's involvement is the only thing keeping me marginally interested. Hopefully more like Tintin than anything.

I've already posted this elsewhere on the forum, but because this thread is the official receptacle for it: Nolan crafts one of the most visceral war films ever made, examining heroism, cowardice and the moral quandaries in between. My only reservation is Zimmer's score, which occasionally sounds a ...

Whether Dunkirk wins Best Picture is up for debate, but its nomination feels secure. It's Nolan's best reviewed film since TDK . Nolan might actually have a better shot at winning Best Director than the film does at winning Best Picture. For what it's worth, there seems to be a trend lately with Bes...

Is....

.....is this the year?

Quite possibly Nolan's most technically assured film to date, and one of the most visceral war films in recent memory, examining heroism, cowardice, and the moral quandaries in between. A-

Full review here: https://romancinema.wordpress.com/2017/ ... w-dunkirk/

...is this the year?

I think I've always preferred TDKR over TDK. The narrative arc, structure and execution of TDKR is much more assured than TDK, which starts to lose steam for me after the hospital.

To be clear, I'm not faulting Pacino's performance which is considerable, and the filmmaking is unimpeachable. But tonally there's such a tone of depression and doom, which I realize is the intent, but I find it tough to watch. I'll go further and say that while The Godfather Part II is often brilli...

The Pacino portions of The Godfather Part II are superbly made but miserable to watch.

This is probably the weakest film from Malick, as its portrait of restless youth is equally obtuse and occasionally aimless. And yet it's still pretty good, in which a few individual scenes have a startling intimacy, particularly one involving Gosling.