Aesthetic Movies

The director, D arren Aronofsky (R equiem for a Dream & Black Swan) has brought a stage-play (by S amuel D. Hunter) to the big screen. The aspect ratio of 1.33 makes it appear as an art house film. The Whale is a story of repentance and sorrow of a morbidly obese teacher. (Note: Spoilers ahead.) The Whale (2022) Genres: Drama, Stage-play Cast: B rendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, H ong Chau Image: A24 Films Charlie ( B rendan Fraser) is barely mobile, but his nurse friend Liz (H ong Chau) takes care of Charlie's health and household. Charlie teaches online for a living. The film is shot in Charlie's apartment because he never gets out as if he has caged himself. When we take a look at the history of Charlie's life, we learn that he has abandoned his daughter and wife to be with his lover. But Charlie's lover commits suicide later. Since then, Charlie has cut off all contact with the rest of the world, to cope with his sadness he eats. This film captures the last week ...

'Close' is a French film about the innocent and naive friendship of two thirteen-year-old boys, Leo (Eden Dambrine) & Remi (Gustav De Waele). As in the title, they are close friends, as if they were twin brothers. Leo mostly stays at Rami's house, they play together, eat together and even share the same bed. But everything changes when they leave the flower fields and begin school life. Close (2022) Genres: Coming-of-age, Drama Cast: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, E milie Dequenne Image: A24 Films Leo's character is vigorous. On the other hand, Remi is sensitive and an introvert. However, Leo supports Rami and encourages him to follow his musical talent. Rami is incomplete without Leo. Circumstances change when school starts, the world doesn't see their platonic love through the lens of innocence, their classmates try to label it something that Leo and Rami never thought of. "Are you together?" After that question, Leo finds it difficult to look at...

A24 has brought Zola's Twitter thread to the big screen. Zola's trip to Florida began as a dark comedy and led to disturbing incidents. It has all the ingredients that an A24 film would have , aesthetic cinematography, authentic story, top-notch cast, and entirely thrilling. Zola (2021) Genres: Dark Comedy, Drama Cast: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough Image: A24 studio A'Ziah "Zola" King (Taylour Paige) is a Detroit waitress who is also a part-time nightclub dancer. While she was serving at Hooters, she met a white girl. Yes, the white girl was Stefani Jezowski (Riley Keough). Stefani seemed like an affable girl. (Or perhaps she was looking for a girl to take to Florida.) Then these fresh friends went to the club to dance. Stefani had gained enough trust to take Zola to Florida the next day. Y'all wanna see the first 5 minutes of Zola? Zola, Stefani, Derrek (Stefani's naive boyfriend, played by Nicholas Braun), and ruthless black guy "X" a.k.a. A ...