I did a blind buy of Jonathan Glazer’s Birth in the last Criterion sale because I was pretty sure I was going to love it and, based on my first viewing, I was correct. What a marvel of a film. It’s completely insane that this movie exists, considering the subject matter and the nuance-free world we live in on the internet. The movie itself is genuinely transgressive, and I’ve got nothing but respect in particular for Kidman, who goes pedal to the metal with some pretty thorny material. I have the feeling I’ll be thinking about this movie every day for a good bit of time. 5 star masterpiece.
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Anne Heche is a demon in this movie. A quintessential supporting performance.
Danny Huston beefing with the kid is so goddamn funny.
A perfect movie.
Michael.Michael made $12.6M in previews last night and is going to likely make $90M this weekend.
Goddamnit the music biopic slop will never stop now.
Considering this movie opened 10 days ago I expected to be able to rock up at a 6.30pm showing on Sunday night without pre-booking. Well I wildly underestimated the popularity of this movie. Showing was completely sold out so has to wait another 45 mins. That 2nd showing also turned out to be full as well. This is a movie clearly with a lot of legs.
It’s not Citizen Kane or anything and a lot of stuff gets whitewashed. There’s also a ton of awful CGI animals and crowds. But the excellent performances from both young and older Michael (his actual nephew) holds it all together.
The crowd absolutely fucking adored it. Big sustained found of applause afterwards.
