Agnès Varda was one of the great artists of the last 100 years. Her natural and practiced curiosity allowed her to make interesting films right up until the end of her life – a time when the vast majority of artists seem unable to keep the fire alive.
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Ranking the Agnès Varda Films
Thoughts on the Agnès Varda Documentaries and Short Films
Agnès Varda made dozens of short films and documentaries in addition to her celebrated feature-length fiction films. These are my thoughts on them.
Agnès Varda Articles on The Reel World
Ranking the Agnès Varda Films
Thoughts on the Agnès Varda Documentaries and Short Films
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The Riddick franchise released 3.5 films for fourteen years and supposedly still has a plan to release one more. It is the ugly step-child in the family of Vin Diesel franchises. It is no less interesting as a Vin vehicle though and worth examining in full.
Still Need to Watch: The Colossus of Rhodes
Sergio Leone is one of those filmmaking legends that for some reason feels larger than life. He popularized the spaghetti western. He is as responsible for the onscreen persona of Clint Eastwood as anyone. He made some of the most iconic films in the history of cinema. Thankfully, he was also very fucking good at making movies.
“You see in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns and those who dig.”
The Mad Max series of films is fascinating for so many reasons, The reason I care about the most though is how it represents the vision and growth of George Miller, one of the true modern geniuses of cinema.
George Lucas is one of the strangest figures in Hollywood history. On one hand, he clearly is a film genius. On the other hand, well, everything about Star Wars is obviously made for children, and no one should care too much about it after they become an actual adult. Here is hoping he has spend the final decades of his life secretly making cool films in his basement the entire time that will not be released until he dies.
It appears that a large amount of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s filmography is unavailable, but here are the ones I could find ranked! He makes great movies. Watch them. If more become available, they will get added to the list. Continue reading Ranking the Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Films
Debra Granik is a great filmmaker who does not get to make enough movies because capitalism. Alas. This column will look at her non-documentary feature films.
The Rocky films have never been my thing. I tried out the first one when I was much younger, and I was so unimpressed that it took me over a decade to give it or any of them another chance. One of the things that kept a desire in me to look at them though is that I loved Stallone’s work in the Creed films. He is such a talented movie star when he has the right role. And Rocky Balboa, if nothing else, is his defining role. And now Adonis Creed is Michael B. Jordan’s defining role.
While you’re here, check out the following articles/podcasts:
Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Creed
There Will Be Movies – Episode 37: Creed
Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Rocky
Pantheon Plus – Underrated Sequels: Rocky Balboa
The Rocky films have never been my thing. I tried out the first one when I was much younger, and I was so unimpressed that it took me over a decade to give it or any of them another chance. One of the things that kept a desire in me to look at them though is that I loved Stallone’s work in the Creed films. He is such a talented movie star when he has the right role. And Rocky Balboa, if nothing else, is his defining role.
While you’re here, check out the following articles/podcasts:
Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Creed
There Will Be Movies – Episode 37: Creed
Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Rocky
Pantheon Plus – Underrated Sequels: Rocky Balboa
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