Elisaine

N3/M2/C4.5/X4 RI -1 A great beginning and ending trapped around an overlong middle. The film looks fantastic and its scenes often feel genuinely alive, but it spends far too much time reiterating character dynamics and social tensions that were clear almost immediately. Could have been an incredible 40-minute film.

90 _94%

Children of Men (2006) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N3.5/M2.5/C4.5/X4

90 _94%

Apocalypse Now (1979) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N4/G4.5/M4.5/C4.5/X3.5

90 _94%

A Short Film About Killing (1988) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N4/G4/M3.5/C5/X4

100 _99%

City of God (2002) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N4/G4.5/M4.5/C4.5/X4.5

80 _81%

The Cremator (1969) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N3.5/G2/M4.5/C4.5/X3.5 RI -0.5

70 _57%

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N3/G4/M1.5/C4/X3.5 RI -0.5

70 _57%

Blue Velvet (1986) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N3/G3.5/M3.5/C2.5/X3

90 _94%

Ran (1985) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N4/G4/M4/C5/X3.5

50 _17%

Love Streams (1984) - Rated 25 Aug 2026

N2/G3/M2/C2.5/X2.5 RI -1 A film that spends most of its runtime struggling to explain its existence. Artificial characters are pushed through increasingly contrived situations to reiterate the same simple traits until there is no point left to miss. The late surrealism finally gives it some identity and even a few genuinely great scenes, but it arrives almost independently of the preceding mundanity. Otherwise, it often feels like the least interesting conventions of the 80s era distilled ... - Full Review