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the control and detail satyajit ray has is truly otherworldly and so is the incredibly restrained and quiet performance by chhabi biswas, i honestly think it might be one of the best performance i’ve ever seen from a male actor (weirdly reminds me of isabelle huppert in “the piano teacher”) that last scene with all the candles and we see this man finally crack, it is the end of the world, it is the complete and utter loss of everything for biswambhar roy, and ray and biswas play this film with absolutely no melodrama, so the melancholia that invades every scene of this film is as realistic (and transfixing) as it is emotionally shattering… futile decadence and obsession vs. arrogant modernity, nobody wins here.

the way his entire character this season is desperate to save people, because just maybe that is the one thing that can save him, that can make him “clean” again but instead he is surrounded by endless suffering of the people he tries to save, and in this episode he is literally forced to kill his narrative mirror (madison), that sam has the capacity to do the thing that dean could never possibly do to him, and instead dean cries for his brother, seeing how sam is burning alive internally and there is nothing he can do to heal or protect that wound in sam that remains eternally, and it’s even more gut wrenching knowing madison (just like so many other women in this show) was doomed the moment she met these winchester men, the writing and editing of this episode is just heartbreaking but also really well done.

buttttt i was also thinking about how deeply emotional “sinners” was and i also don’t think that film was given enough love and appreciation during awards season (and the lead up to it). “sinners” was such a masterclass in filmmaking, of course pta has an immense presence behind the camera and you feel that influence his filmmaking, you feel him entirely and all his emotions, that’s why I love his films! but with “sinners” you could feel ryan coogler’s soul be poured into that film in every aspect - the score is soo deeply intimate and so is the dreamy cinematography, the main cast is so incredible and deeply underrated, every scene is so deliberate. it’s a film that you feel so viscerally and physically, the sweat, the dust, the people and touches. and that last scene, so bittersweet so much longing and beauty. as much as i appreciate and loved “one battle after another”, “sinners” will ultimately be in my heart as a “best picture” winner as well!!