Simon Dillon
Mar 7, 2024

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Hmmm... As a cineaste who thinks cinema is alive and well and flourishing, I'm not sure I agree with all of this. To take some of your specific films one by one:

Everything Everywhere All At Once - I sympathise on this one. I found it interminable. My full thoughts below:

https://medium.com/simon-dillon-cinema/film-review-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-ad19ef970735

Oppenheimer - I don't agree with you. It's a masterpiece. Here's my review, and a second piece I wrote as a rebuttal against the various criticisms the film commonly faced (some of which you've mentioned here).

https://medium.com/simon-dillon-cinema/film-review-oppenheimer-a25c6431a281

https://fanfare.pub/why-i-disregard-oppenheimer-whataboutism-51ecbf714549

Poor Things - I partly agree, though I still like Yorgos Lanthimos films in general. My thoughts below:

https://medium.com/simon-dillon-cinema/film-review-poor-things-be7422287a17

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

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