PEOPLE / 3 WORKS

Chiaki Kuriyama

Also credited as 栗山千明

Movies 2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairQuentin Tarantino

In an era of so many bloated 3 hour movies, this film's four and a half hours flew by. It is long, and I was sick, but it was so worth it. This movie uses its time well, it tells a big story and the scenes that are not directly needed for that story (the sushi restaurant, the animated section, Pai Mei) are all exceptional and some of its best. The cast is great, the score is incredible, the editing and action scenes are fantastic, it's really just incredible this all came together so well. If you can see this in theaters do it, I'd not seen these movies on the big screen since their release and they hold up spectacularly.

Movies · 2011

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Movies 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Quentin Tarantino

Movies · 2003

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Movies 2000Battle RoyaleKinji Fukasaku

I'd not seen this movie in 20 years and I remembered is as a campy, gory film with unexpected influence. And that really sells it short, this is a great movie, full stop. There is a reason this movie launched a sub genre of both fiction and video games, it nails so many things. I think what struck me most viewing it again was how the movie has a dozen vignettes we get to see play out. Friendships, rivalries, and cliques all play the same game to much the same result, but the film does a great job of establishing all of this at lighting speed. There is the main through-line with the leads but their classmates get a ton of screen time which lends the entire affair a huge degree of verisimilitude. Oh, also if you can catch the 25th anniversary screening it starts an interview with the writer, Kenta Fukasaku which is really interesting as his dad directed this.

Movies · 2000

Battle Royale

PEOPLE / 1 WORK

John Knoll

Movies 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryChris Weitz

Movies · 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

PEOPLE / 1 WORK

Yorgos Lanthimos

Also credited as Γιώργος Λάνθιμος

Movies 2018The FavouriteTony McNamara

Movies · 2018

The Favourite