#annette 2021

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[billdecker]

ANNETTE (2021) dir. Leos Carax

[idridian]

ANNETTE (2021)

Cynics among you may doubt that what you're about to see is real. But it is not faked in some way. Let me assure you, it is real. Annette is a miracle. Miracles do exist.

[fortheturnstiles]

annette 2021 henry mchenry edit

[miskoncepcje]

annette

dir. leos carax

2021

prints available (international shipping): https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/miskoncepcje/

[the-uncanny-dag]

So while I was doing some research, I've discovered that there's a movie musical starring Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard and directed by Leos Carax that came out 3 years ago and yet somehow not a single mf in my crew of theatre geeks, music nerds, movie buffs & Star Wars fans has ever talked about it. And now I wanna watch it for myself to figure out how a movie musical this stacked with its own Wikipedia page has made basically zero impact on the culture since its release

[mbee4]

sculpted like a work of art

[alexjcrowley]

I think Max Verstappen would find Annette by Leos Carax an interesting watch

[bawnjourno]

scans of the Annette soundtrack vinyl

(scanned by me)

[jokersjr]

[ID: an image of henry mchenry from the movie annette. he is wearing a green bathrobe and holding a microphone. there is white text in impact font on the top reading, "THIS MOTHERFUCKER" and on the bottom reading "DESERVED WHAT HE GOT." end ID]

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Top 5 Best Films of 2021

I promised a top 5 of 2021 and here it is. Severely delayed, I know, but I’ve been trying to do other things with life and the days just got away from me. There will also be a More button on this status but I’d really appreciate if you guys gave the entire post a shot and not just scroll away. Cheers! Anyway, here it is, with the general theme of “yeah, this surprised me too!”:

5. Another Round (Druk)

Very dry, darkly funny Danish drama which manages to condemn as well as celebrate the drinking culture that seems to have a grip on North Europe as a whole, which is kind of interesting. Fun fact: the original title roughly translates to ‘Binge-Drinking’, something as blunt as the film itself.

4. Malignant

The kind of film made by someone who said “hey, my last film made you $1bn, can I have some money to do the thing I REALLY want to do?”. Basically an hour and a half of batshittery improved by a very divisive twist that [REDACTED] and I enjoyed very much.

3. The Suicide Squad

The one film I definitely saw coming with regards to it being on here. It’s exactly what one would expect from a James Gunn movie: dark comedy, people literally having a blast, a soundtrack consisting of songs one hasn’t heard since they were a teenager (looking at you, “Whistle For The Choir”). Can also confirm that it is just as good seeing it sober and in IMAX as it is seeing it drunk in standard definition.

2. West Side Story

Absolutely thrilled to have this here considering my attitude towards this film since seeing the teaser in May. Everyone fits into their characters as comfortably as if they are regular performers, and it manages to define itself as being an adaptation without caving into the ’61 adap and being its own beast. Highlight is 100% Rita Moreno singing “Somewhere”, which absolutely destroyed me. It would probably be number 1 were it not for the guy who played Tony, whose name I don’t want to say in case he materialises in my living room and starts mauling “Something’s Coming” in front of me or some shit.

And now, the honourable mentions (which were surprisingly hard to pick) in no particular order:

In the Heights: Did slightly drag over the last half hour or so, and I cared more about the secondary romance than the main one. However, god DAMN is the songwriting tight, the camerawork fluid and coherent, and the one-two of “Paciencia y Fe” and “Alabanza”… whoof.

Annette: It, uh, sure is a film. I don’t know how to talk about it without sounding like I’m giving it backhanded compliments.

Candyman: A beautifully shot gem which, like 2018’s Halloween, took a risk in being a belated sequel. However, it also has a solid cast, the themes were well-executed, and the shadow puppetry was devastating. The cut to the scene with the girls in the bathroom was hilarious, too.

Encanto: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s had a fucking good year, hasn’t he?

And finally, top of the list…

1. Dune

I enjoyed it a LOT more than I expected, and not reading the book beforehand didn’t hinder it. Great cast, great music, and meme-able, which is always a good thing. The pacing was also even and the visuals beautiful. Very Villeneuve, very much what I imagine reading the book is like. And between this and Call Me By Your Name (which I watched when ill with Covid), I’ve come to the conclusion that watching something in which Timothée Chalamet has a prominent role is stressful because PLEASE can somebody feed him? Please?? Thanks.

And that concludes the top 5 of 2021. I’m not doing a full-on bottom 5 because I’m exhausted by negativity, but I’ll just do a summary here: Halloween Kills exists, Spider-Man: No Way Home & The Matrix Resurrections were let-downs, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions was annoying and unnecessary, and Old made me want to punch a fucking wall.

Thanks for reading!

~Mikey

[idridian]

the problem with annette (2021) is that i need people to watch it Right Now but i can’t tell you any of the reasons why because i want you to get blindsided by them soooo badly, hope this helps

[welt-verbessererin]

A few days ago I found out that some scenes for Annette were filmed here in NRW, Germany (the fact that the film had a NRW film grant should've tipped me off when I first watched it, duh) and naturally I had to go to the one location that's around the corner from my campus.

I swear that scene felt weird to me when I watched it. Now I know why 😄

I felt both completely ridiculous and extremely giddy walking down the same stairs as Adam four years ago. I'm also simultaneously glad and annoyed that I've not been a fan yet back then.

Bottom one is a screenshot of this YouTube video, top are my own photos taken yesterday.

[brideofkylosolo]

Day 10 of 12 Days of Smutty/Fluffy Fanfics is up. Hope you all enjoy

[evilittlecrow]

I might just have watched what might become one of my favorite movie ever