Its characters are insects in a a web. The parallels to Star Wars are obvious, but something more fundamental is apparent. 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. All Time 100 81% 81 of 100. A list of 303 films compiled on Letterboxd, including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Blade Runner (1982), Alien (1979), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Obama's production company owns American Factory. 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). The emotions are subtle and unspoken. Martin Scorsese. Made as a TV. 3000 Followers Celebration Picked by: Cinemaverse Official. 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. These are very loosely ranked. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Transit is about uncertainty, about not knowing the right move to make. The Return of the Prodigal Son is a film of disillusionment, of experiencing the world and becoming changed. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober X. While the first film focused on society, Part II is much more focused on political events and how they unfolded. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Weep. Find Darren Carver-Balsiger's email address, contact information, LinkedIn, Twitter, other social media and more. The Big City presents traditions coming to an end. The opening act is quite exciting, with a lot of ideas and settings thrown together. Hayao Miyazaki is likely the greatest animation director of all time and Princess Mononoke is his finest work. It is an immersive, intense work, but its dependence on narrative takes away from the themes and experience. Honesty, if you look into him further than his Letterboxd karsten isn’t that bad. Haunted dreams. Killers of the Flower Moon is a masterpiece of evil, a film of the horrors of man. It's a film of imagined conversations and ghosts caught in the mind. Looking back over Akira Kurosawa's career,. It is popular blockbuster filmmaking at its best, an epic that is relentlessly enjoyable and constantly breathtaking. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: My predominant feeling about Armageddon Time was that it seemed very uninteresting. Manichitrathazhu is a very simple psychological horror movie, playing with a haunted house setup, a ghostly woman, and a bunch of strange happenings. Pearl is. For when you want to wallow in despair. But Scoob! is a terribly soulless and bland imitation of Scooby Doo. After his 1950s output saw a few thematic diversions and a much larger scale, it's quite apt for Mizoguchi's last work to be a more traditional setup. Remove filters; Fade watched films;. Just names by themselves. A list of 500 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Stalker (1979), Bacurau (2019), Possession (1981), Solaris (1972) and Blue Velvet (1986). I want to just thank Brandon, whose director marathons inspired me to do this one. Share your videos with friends, family, and the world Darren Carver-Balsiger Jules Heckwolf Parsa Tom Cruise Jr. Director Francis Lee made a fantastic impression with his feature debut God's Own Country a few years ago. A list of 250 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Stalker (1979) and The Thing (1982). The final act is silly and far-fetched, but not in a particularly endearing way. Ugetsu is Mizoguchi's horror film, a nightmare across this life and the next. Joyland is about the inner turmoil within the lives of a few people, but its depiction of repression and desire feels very expansive. 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. It is visually spectacular. Yet somehow, and only with hindsight, the opening fifteen minutes are the best part of Halloween: Resurrection. These are very loosely ranked. That was a stunning, earthy movie, swept in the Yorkshire countryside and masculine tensions. The film is about religion at. 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. 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). Mankind's significance in the universe is. Newest First; Earliest First; Darren’s Rating. The film follows a man wandering, listening to the people he meets. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A love story told two ways, as a love between two individuals and their love for volcanoes. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Victory Song is very overt Japanese war propaganda. Makoto Shinkai is a mixed director at best but his work was certainly improving over the years. Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness just captures the passage of time, using it to outline an entire history. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★½ 4. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Join here. Darren. Powered by JustWatchReview by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ 10. It is acted out and blurred between fiction and truth. Ordered by films titled with a full name, then just first names, and then surnames. 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. Zero Dark Thirty is the ultimate revenge movie, a story of how a country spent a decade seeking vengeance. 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. It is completely unoriginal, mashing together ideas from loads of better movies. 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. I also run the Letterboxd Top 250 Horror. Quentin Tarantino. 23. Focusing on Mayan characters and told in the Kaqchikel language, Ixcanul is about people living on the side of a volcano. Darren is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. Wes Anderson. “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. For when you want to wallow in despair. The Fountain isn't even enjoyable nonsense, it's just overindulgent and boring. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★ Making the most out of its limitations, Detour is an atmospheric and doom-filled gem. It is an anthology film made by many directors, of which one was Kenji Mizoguchi. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: It's a shame Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Full Metal Jacket is the story of how to create killers. Scenes from a Marriage is a heartbreaking tale of love dying, though by the end it is clear that there are different ways to love. 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. About this list: Science fiction is one of my favourite genres, and I thought it'd. The premise is basically that a. 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. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. Armageddon Time 2022 ★★★ Watched Nov 20, 2022. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: An unrelentingly grim experience, Holy Spider is an intense, unsettling work. 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,. Each part exists as its own dreamlike structure, lacking sensible reason but constructed so precisely. It's a film of bodies in movement, of great expanses of water, of dances and community. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a savage satire on corruption, bureaucracy, and authoritarianism. Suggestions welcome. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. So often stories derive conflict from people handling. Taipei was the centre of a new middle class in a rapidly developed economy. 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. It is a departure from Mizoguchi's. From Wikipedia: Walker is a 1987 American-Spanish historical revisionist film directed by Alex Cox and starring Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, and Marlee Matlin. It has a peaceful calm that comes from its mature and sensible characters. No shorts, no TV series or movies, no YouTube videos, no filmed. 3000 Followers Celebration Picked by: Kosta Jovanović and sciallacooper. Perhaps I will lose my respectable arthouse-lover credentials for this, but I side with the IMDb crowd and the supposed film bros: The Dark Knight is a masterpiece. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Likely Kurosawa's funniest film, and almost certainly his most overtly comedic effort, The Hidden Fortress is an incredibly fun adventure movie. He also gives tips for other members on how to build their own relationship with the. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★ 63. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: I have to respect Pearl for its incredible visual texture, achieved on such a low budget. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Eileen is not what you may expect it to be. 23. There isn't even a structure, stuff just happens for over two hours and then the. No other word in the title besides a name. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★ 4. It is a film about dying, and how that makes every second of living valuable. Political struggle does not end. A bright future left behind, a dark void remaining. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #26. "Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: I saw this at Leeds International Film Festival 2018. Pretentious statements and philosophical musings are nowhere to be found. There's a further victory, in never wavering from their principles. Taipei Story is a masterpiece of inner feeling. About this list: My favourite 10% of all films I've logged on Letterboxd. The script brings an intelligence that many of its contemporaries lacked. It is set in society's dark underbelly. Sign in to create or like lists; Share. Past Lives 2023 ★★★★ Watched Sep 11, 2023. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Inception is a great piece of original sci-fi, a film of constant exposition that is somehow never boring. 115. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hoop Dreams is truly an American epic. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Noirvember. Glorious revolution. It is a bleak and gory film, but less unrelentingly disturbing than the other films in Park's Vengeance Trilogy. This is fundamentally a film about Africa and the treatment of its people in a society which now proclaims equality. Darren is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The Bad Sleep Well has a superb opening set piece, featuring an arrest at a wedding. The feeling of everyday life, the power of the ordinary, Bicycle Thieves is simply life captured. It has a purity, delving into the beauty of childhood innocence but never avoiding tough topics. The story is so complicated, filled with too many. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★ 8. It is a work of immense beauty and power, showcasing Miyazaki at his most sophisticated. 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. It stays quiet and doesn't reach for melodrama. 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). 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). A film so in touch with its spiritual and historical premise, yet abundant in bursts of genre. Nothing is off limits and all boundaries of cinema and society can be transgressed. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a beautiful movie, and in fact a beautiful consideration of the human experience. Happy Old Year is an impressive Thai film rich in themes on how to live life. Favorites: The Wicker Man (1973), Beauty and the Beast (1978), Mommy (2014), Sambizanga (1972). Yet it is too effective, too clever, and too influential to be called a failure. The film's biggest successes are twofold. It exists as cinema designed to immortalise a people and a culture. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Juraj Herz's Morgiana is a hallucinatory experience, made as a descent into madness and cruelty. Strength versus weakness is constantly returned to. Honourable Mentions: Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (Richard Linklater) Barbarian (Zach Cregger) Boiling Point (Philip Barantini) Both Sides of the Blade (Claire Denis). Of course there are Bergman tropes but it's played at a different level to his. The Creator looks fantastic, and it does achieve the feeling of a future implanted over our real world very well. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: 3000 Followers Celebration. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s reviews. Moonlight 2016 ★★★★★ Rewatched Sep 09, 2018. Perhaps no film so carefully examines a revolution in its raw form, whilst remaining an accessible genre piece. Reply Popo1on Buntmans •. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober X. Set in a multilingual village, with Romanian, Hungarian, and German speakers, the story becomes emblematic of wider issues in contemporary Europe. 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). 115. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: So few films can sustain the energy of True Romance. Nominally the film set in the fictional republic of Eldorado, but the allegory for Brazilian politics is. Leaving Earth for nothing. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. There's something here which is missing to take it beyond the small story at hand. This one uses that setting for a different type of conflict while still carrying high-stakes tension. These are the horror films on Letterboxd with the highest average rating. CryptoDarren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hammer to the face. 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. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. There are films that are trying to be artful and deep, and films which are experimental in style. Revenge tells a story that spans decades, told in a series of distinct sections that become like verses. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A cry of anger and frustration. I would have called it pretentious wank but it's so empty I don't even think it's trying to say something. Trauma. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: American bloodshed. It's a film of bad fathers and unhappy households, with abuse and revenge lingering. Max von Sydow was one of the finest actors to ever emerge from the European festival circuit. 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). He is quintessential male Bergman lead,. Unfortunately, as soon as the setup is established, the film promptly becomes ridiculous and gets convoluted in nonsensical plotting and illogical. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The most confident of directorial debuts, Pather Panchali is the most valuable kind of cinema. Watched Mar 18, 2022. “Make me care” is what he measures all of his reviews by, and I tend to feel the same most of the time. Obviously Kevin Spacey playing a predatory guy has dated poorly. It has a rough, coarse nature and yet finds something beautiful. It's a fascinating experiment, abstract and disjointed. Everything about Carol astonishes me. It is genuinely eerie at times, with a very slow burn approach that elicits something creepy and. Business, Economics, and Finance. Change. I have a new list, a vote for the best film of 2020, using the same rules as the Academy Awards: boxd. Please visit the current, updated Top 250 Sci-Fi Films list. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: So this is the last film on my Akira Kurosawa marathon. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Mild spoilers, but the film isn't worth watching anyway. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: On the Waterfront is a celebration of the informer, existing in the context of Elia Kazan attempting to cleanse himself after his despicable testimony to the HUAC. I did include the 1996 TV movie. Looking through my friend's ratings, I anticipate some people will disagree massively with my review. Yet beneath each change things are still the same. About this list: Made this list for my friend Alex. . 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. A Brighter Summer Day is a truth epic, a four hour journey into the abyss of teenage disillusionment. Well, fuck that. 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. The Sacrifice is almost an oddity amongst Tarkovsky's seven features. r/Letterboxd. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: A waltz with eternity. 3,327 films watched. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Ingmar Bergman is a famously bleak filmmaker, but Wild Strawberries stands out as different. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Dracula 3D is just bafflingly poor on a technical level. Infinity Pool is raw and uncompromised, extreme cinema at its most conceptual and intriguing. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: This review contains various thematic spoilers but only vague allusions to plot spoilers. Equality. Watched May 29, 2023. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 23. Incendies presents itself as a more considered, arthouse thriller, but in reality it's a more populist work, which is not a bad thing. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The least known film by Studio Ghibli, Ocean Waves is a brilliant little film from the anime powerhouse. 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 -. suspicious_loaf • 9 mo. The dubbing is awkward, the visuals have a cheap digital look, and the effects are terrible. Join here. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Saw this projected from a rare 70mm print, with a one-off recorded message from Alfonso Cuarón before the film started. True Romance 1993 ★★★★ Watched Jul 17, 2021. 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). The production design, makeup, and costumes are all exceptional and uniquely detailed. Based on films you liked;A list of 629 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Big Lebowski (1998), Hot Fuzz (2007), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Dr. Werckmeister Harmonies 2000 ★★★★★ Watched Nov 30, 2016. Sex as an affront to experimentation. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Werckmeister Harmonies is a film of constant symbolism and allegory. It's a nothing movie, just a bland franchise extension made with no style nor character. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Extracted from here. Ordered by films titled with a full name, then just first names, and then surnames. Visibility Filters. 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. It takes cues from neorealist cinema, seeking an authentic portrayal of poverty. Instead it is a film about family discourse and the awful views dug out of the woodwork in the current climate. It is one of the most beautifully crafted movies of recent years, a film of simmering romantic tension that almost always stays quiet. About this list: An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. It takes real formal confidence to attempt a twenty minute scene like that. The yucky, forced surgery is an incredible highlight, living up to its iconic and truly grim. 364Z Updated 2023-11-02T14:29:55. It has authenticity, even though it manages to be musical and have a pop soundtrack. Dr. Spoilers from second paragraph onwards. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: See How They Run is a fun whodunnit romp. It is 2025 and all that remains is trauma and death. imgur. It has a charm that allows harsh truths to exist in conjunction with light absurdity. Reply Popo1on Buntmans •. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: While it does seem needless to remake Ikiru, it is impressive how well Living manages to deliver the same ideas again without being a disservice to the original. About this list: This list is no longer being updated. Find Darren Carver-Balsiger's email address, contact information, LinkedIn, Twitter, other social media and more. About this list: Films where a city defines the film to the point where it becomes an integral character. Director Elio Petri concocted a work that picked apart the weaknesses and failures of Italian policing, merged with the. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: You can also read this review at Psychotronic Cinema. It is a very personal work, existing as a document of the director's grandfather. --- Contribute to my other lists. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. The world is one of dead bodies, to be dug up or buried, examined and. Aftersun is filled with little moments. The film is a scathing indictment of the. It is told through the perspective of the press and the tension of just what is going to happen is hypnotically engrossing. The historical production design is predictably great and the mild horror allows the story to be the centre rather than the shocks. Beautiful shots linger, of silhouettes in a landscape and boys stood against a shining sky. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: What We Leave Behind is a short, poetic documentary, made with a simplicity that captures life so plainly. Bong Joon-ho. About this list: Movies made by auteur directors with a very arthouse sensibility, that happen to be genre movies (e. However I discuss in detail the themes and ideas of the movie, which in this case could be considered mild spoilers. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★★ 23. It examines a world set after the current fighting taking place right now. Created for Helen's poll. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Scoob! is an abomination. 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 ★★★★★ 6. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. Darren is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. Mario Bava was a composer of images. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The story of killers. Ran, a relocated retelling of King Lear, is possibly the greatest film adapted from Shakespeare. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★½ 4 I admire the existence of Missing , and the way it makes clear US involvement with murderous regimes in Latin America. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Many regard Martin Scorsese’s epic Casino as a lesser work. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: I have always felt that Steven Spielberg's sensibilities makes him ill-suited to direct serious historical dramas and never is that more clear than with The Color Purple. 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. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: 10 years of strong, but mostly unremarkable, blockbusters lead us to Avengers: Infinity War . Just to give you an idea of what you might see, here are some of my pumpkins. Just names by themselves. com Film list: My Top 250 (08/07/2021) Find Darren Carver-Balsiger's articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and more Articles by Darren Carver-Balsiger on Muck Rack. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: In my opinion The Thin Red Line is a very flawed movie. 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. Neo's role as The One is explored, and the saviour metaphor is compelling. 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). It does not idolise or admire poverty, but accepts such a reality and builds from there. Religion has always been foreign to me. It isn't historical or overtly science-fiction or brazenly experimental. Consider me sceptical of the film's message about how workers have been screwed under the current global economic system. This is a creeping film of shadows, gazing men, and words that follow you. A list of 100 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Return to Seoul (2022), Oppenheimer (2023), Decision to Leave (2022), The Novelist's Film (2022) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Read at your discretion. It's a film of imagined conversations and ghosts caught in the mind. About this list: ----- CLICK HERE TO SEE THE WINNERS ----- ----- Some fun awards for the entire Letterboxd Community to take part in, where we get to vote for the. Hooptober #30. It's a natural way to tell this claustrophobic, intense, single-location, real-time story. A man who believes cremation relieves a burden is the lead character, a rather strange setup. The Northman is fantastic in all regards, except for its story. It exists just as a collection of memories from one holiday, but what it achieves is far greater. Due to the first two, the film easily won me over. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger Patron. It is firmly stuck in Fassbinder's harsh, icy world and is a film of cold intellectualism. 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. In fact, things got worse, and what little good he did has been undone by Trump's even worse policies. Suggestions welcome. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★½ 10 The Big City presents traditions coming to an end. Yet it slowly reveals social anarchy and the everyday fascism of family. Though it must be said the connection to the first film is very slim. Join. Images of war are cold and mechanical, even. The editing deceives us overtly and sometimes subtly. It had a few million euros spent on it and yet it seems so amateur. It is about the dehumanisation of war, the reduction of man into weaponry. This is a film of honour, loyalty, and bravery. At the centre of the film is an unwise, selfish decision, and its consequences spiral out to ruin lives. To the characters in Maurice, homosexuality locks them in, unable to share their feelings with anyone. Of all the films distributed by Netflix, I think Roma is the one which most deserves to be seen in the cinema. ★★★★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. Disability. The Shining 1980 ★★★★★ Rewatched May 21, 2017. 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. Service. Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★½ . 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). About this list: A ranking of all the films I've seen by Akira Kurosawa. Two of the friends I most trust. It has some good ideas and striking imagery, but I don't think the story works. That is, the 1963 - 89 original 26 season run. Find Darren Carver-Balsiger's email address, contact information, LinkedIn, Twitter, other social media and more. It conducts a psychological character study, which makes this all the more. Watched Oct 28, 2019. The film is a mood piece, a work of beauty and horror intertwined. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Men don't fight in war, soldiers do. 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. A list of 500 films compiled on Letterboxd, including La La Land (2016), Casablanca (1942), Mulholland Drive (2001), Don't Look Now (1973) and Blade Runner (1982). Tagged. Here are my favourites 😀: letterboxd. Every frame is a perfectly constructed, twisty tale of love, lust and fetishism underneath a story of deception, lies and greed. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s 2023 to date. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Hooptober #29. 2001: A Space Odyssey will never be surpassed as a work of wonder and mystery. 1,001 To See. It feels like themes and ideas are treated just like the effects, things to be bolted onto a movie because they are a. It's a film of murder, rape, and mutilated corpses, shown in ways his previous films would only imply. 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. Perhaps I will lose my respectable arthouse-lover credentials for this, but I side with the IMDb crowd and the supposed film bros: The Dark Knight is a masterpiece. Their lives are encased inside a closed economy, where fish and salt define. It is a vile work, filled with moral failings and hypocrisy. Acting as. Full Metal Jacket is the story of how to create killers. About this list: My favourite 10% of all films I've logged on Letterboxd. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: "Now one of the most powerful forces reshaping our world is unprecedented mass migration. 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. The narration is some of the most powerful in cinema and the imagery is evocative. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: The ocean is huge and life feels small. Unfortunately The Creator falls short elsewhere. Mild spoilers, but the film isn't worth watching anyway. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Showgirls is a bold and noble experiment, satirising the misogynstic power structures around us and fighting back against Hollywood prudishness. Before I was a huge film nerd, I used to be a Doctor Who nerd. No repeated titles. Secondly, it's a visual treat. It starts with a woman walking across a desert, and then goes to so many other places. There are flawed films that I love more. For when you want to wallow in despair. A list of 500 films compiled on Letterboxd, including La La Land (2016), Casablanca (1942), Mulholland Drive (2001), Don't Look Now (1973) and Blade Runner (1982). As a child he witnessed the infamous Candelária Massacre, where Brazilian police. Darren Carver-Balsiger’s review published on Letterboxd: Billy Elliot is a real high point in the niche subgenre of hokey British social realist crowdpleasers. Every watch reveals a different movie. He doesn't know who to pursue or what to do.