This week, we watch a masterpiece of style. This slow-burn thriller bleeds cool from all sides, as each actor delivers a perfect performance and the soundtrack blares synths over LA at night. Drive (2011), directed by Nicholas Winding Refn.
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BONUS EPISODE - Sparticus
This week, we watch the film that allowed Stanley Kubrick full creative control over all his subsequent projects. This film was out of his control, however, and he later tried to disassociate himself from it. Structured as one half war epic and the other half sappy romance, Kirk Douglases chin might not be enough to save this one. Spartacus (1960), directed by Stanley Kubrick.
BONUS EPISODE - Portrait of a Lady on Fire
This week, we watch a painting of a movie. This movie portrays a realistic love affair at a house in 1770, and its paced as such - slow and powerful. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), directed by Celine Sciamma.