and years later tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who told them to hold on a second longer...
Nearly fourteen years on and this is still, in my opinion, the best superhero film ever created.
A film more about responsibility, identity, and self-discernment than about kicking and punching bad guys.
A film that, true to the spirit of the character, strips away the veneer of flashy escapism and pummels…
I'm still twisting and grappling with Ducournau's sophomore effort. Her previous, Raw, burst onto the scene in 2017, fully formed and pulsing with ravenous energy. It was brilliantly assured, riding on the back of Garance Marillier's superb performance and Ruben Impens' confident lens, and has only cemented itself as one of my favorite horror pictures in the years since.
Titane is an altogether slipperier beast. And I am, mostly, glad for it. Agathe Rouselle plays Alexia, a dancer who advertises…
Jesse Eisenberg getting punched in the balls, curling into the fetal position, and saying "This is just my life." is basically me every morning.
