A movie I like slightly less each time I see it, and now I’m up to four times, I think.
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Zootopia (2016)
Category: Revision Candidate
Nouchka van Brakel’s films center around women asserting their identity via a sexuality outside of the mainstream. In The Cool Lakes of Death, protagonist Hetty’s “taboo” is simply being a woman of assertive sexuality in prudish 19th century bourgeoisie.
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Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Nights of Cabiria traces the romantic misadventures of the title character, played to perfection by Giulietta Masina, owner of one of the great expressive faces in the history of cinema.
If narrative momentum is your thing, whatsoever, then Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a bit of a slog to get through.
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Training Day (2001)
I’m not quite sure this movie realizes that it’s a neo-noir.
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The Debut (1977)
At a basic level, The Debut presents a clear and effective metaphor:
The Happiest Girl in the World is a simple, linear film taking place in one day and mostly one location. Despite its humility, I was on its comic and dramatic wavelength for most of its runtime, and got a pretty big kick out of it.
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The Godfather (1972)
I fear that I will never again be able to watch The Godfather with fresh eyes or a sense of wonder.
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The Departed (2006)
The Departed is simultaneously ridiculous and exciting — a potent combination for a watchable movie, but not necessarily a great one.
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Bye Bye Africa (1999)
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s debut film is a peculiar hybrid of drama and documentary. Haroun, playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself, returns from France to his homeland Chad upon hearing of his mother’s passing. While there, he bemoans a crumbling local cinema and ponders creating a film to capture the spirit of his home nation.