Brutalist Enthusiast

Director/creator/author: Mathieu Kassovitz

Medium: film

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Favorite part: the scene with the guys breaking in an abandoned building, and Hubert smoking.

Other critique: the camerawork is stunning, loved that it was in black and white

Connections to other movies/books/games: Le Havre, breaking footage, The Lighthouse

What it made me think about, deeper themes: This was a perfect movie. Through continents and decades, the problems and themes are familiar. Gorgeous camera work, no second is wasted. What an incredible analysis of violence and how glorification of violence destroys humans. How stunning is the contrast between the desire for violence and the disgust the characters feel when they use it? They destroy themselves in attempting to destroy others.

Title: Heat

Director/creator/author: Michael Mann

Medium: Movie

Favorite part: sweeping shots of LA in the evening, the iconic diner talk scene

Other critique: deeply intimate portrayal of two men who are set as antagonists to one another, but in any other circumstance would be friends, companions, masterminds

Connections to other movies/books/games: Infernal Affairs, Kitchen Confidential

What it made me think about, deeper themes: the transience of American life and stability. Neither cop nor criminal has a stable life; maybe it's a reflection of the ever-changing American political and social landscape, the pursual of profit over everything, even some nostalgia for when criminals had their own code of ethics

Title: Logan Lucky

Director/creator/author: Steven Soderbergh

Medium: Movie

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Favorite part: When Channing Tatum reveals his secret real bank robbery plan that requires waiting 6 months

Connections to other movies/books/games: Knives Out (Daniel Craig with Southern character), Ocean's 7 11