Look, Jacques Audiard made a telenovela-opera-cartel-trans-musical shot mostly on Parisian soundstages pretending to be Mexico City. You cannot make this stuff up. The entire project appears to result from someone who became heavily intoxicated at Cannes while writing down random concepts on bar napkins before deciding to bring those ideas to life. Which honestly, knowing […]
People discuss Conclave as if it were a reality show that clergy members participate in while wearing their religious robes. Honestly? I kept waiting for the mess. The reds here work overtime. Berger shoots these cardinals against Vatican marble and every single robe becomes this visual exclamation point, scarlet bleeding into beige stone, then suddenly
Baker shoots Brighton Beach in these nauseating yellows and greens, like the whole neighborhood is lit by convenience store fluorescents. Perfect choice. The color scheme changes to Vegas gold when Vanya and Ani get married in a quick ceremony before returning to the sickly green tone that reality brings with Russian security personnel. The fur
There's this bathroom. The thing about The Substance is that you'll end up thinking about the bathroom whether you want to or not, this sterile white cube where Demi Moore becomes something else entirely, where the green of that injection liquid has more character development than half the script. Look, I get what Coralie Fargeat
Oswald arrives maybe forty minutes in and suddenly everything clicks wrong. The yellow color continues to stay in my mind. This aggressive mustard shade that follows Edward through his apartment building, seeps into the doctor's office walls, stains the bar where he sits alone. Wyatt Garfield captures everything through slightly unaligned camera positions which force
The fish tank green glow hits you first. The chalky sidewalk blues appear alongside arcade purples which create a nauseating effect while colors reach their maximum intensity at eleven until your eyes become watery. The discovery of living in a different reality than your own becomes apparent only after you have already lost control of
Competitive sports films use metaphors to create the illusion of being intelligent according to their narrative approach. Guadagnino understands this situation and he moves through it with the same enthusiasm as a contented dog. Which, fine. "It's a relationship," Tashi tells Patrick about tennis. For fifteen seconds at a time, anyway. The remaining steps require
The grubby cream suit serves as his protective armor which he uses to defend himself against everything outside. Or maybe more like a shroud. Who can tell. The color scheme in La Chimera creates an uncomfortable effect because it alternates between the bright Tuscan sunlight and the hidden underground areas where things build value through
Right off, something gets under my skin about this sequel. Not the sandworms. The color grading in the film creates an unpleasant effect on me. Fraser recorded these Abu Dhabi dunes during December when the sun created a gloomy atmosphere and the colors transitioned from Paul's warm amber scenes to an icy medical-like tone during
The filmmaker Glazer recorded his entire movie at the actual location which creates an authentic atmosphere throughout each scene. The sunlight that enters the scene through the concrete wall between Höss villa and Auschwitz creates a powerful effect in every frame. The family pool stands adjacent to dahlia beds and the greenhouse where tomatoes ripen
