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If you’re still recovering from New Year’s Eve and just want to watch some high-quality movies, we’ve got you covered.
Our choices include fuss crime comedy Burn after reading, starring brad pitt i George Clooney, a controversial Kirsten Dunst drama about love, marriage and the end of the world and the viral sports drama of 2024 Challengers.
‘Burn After Reading’ (2008)
When a CD containing the memoirs of the unemployed, former CIA analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) falls into the hands of the Linda Litzke gym employees (Frances McDormand) and Chad Feldheimer (Pitt), the two dunderheads mistake it for top secret government information. The couple try to use the record as blackmail to get Linda the cosmetic surgery she craves, but predictably, coen brothers fashion, a comedy of errors ensues involving accidents, misunderstandings, and foiled plots that spiral outward and absorb everyone.
With a fantastic cast including George Clooney, Richard Jenkins, Tilda Swinton i JK Simmons, Burn after reading is one of the comic highlights of the Coen brothers’ filmography. The unpleasant but well-plotted espionage farce narrative is a stark contrast to the brothers’ previous film. no country for old men just proving that the Coens can slide between deadly serious drama and comic absurdity with the greatest of ease. In addition, Burn after reading further demonstrates the comic chops of lovers Clooney and Pitt.
‘Melancholy’ (2011)
Justine’s Day (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael’s (Alexander Skarsgård), a rogue planet called “Melancholia”, initially thought to be a star called Antares, begins its collision course towards Earth, while Justine sinks into a deep depression, cheats on Michael and annuls her marriage. When it is revealed that everyone on Earth will perish in the impending collision, Justine and her sister, Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), deal with their impending deaths in very different ways, as Claire panics while Justine accepts her fate.
The second installment of the so-called “Depression Trilogy” by director Lars von Trier. melancholy it may seem on the surface like an extremely tough film. And, well, it is, but it’s not just sadness about it. melancholy it is, instead, a genuinely beautiful and elegiac look at existential dread and an empathetic take on mental illness, in a film in which a cynical and catastrophizing person suddenly finds his view vindicated. The film is also a showcase for a powerful performance from Dunst, who delivers a surprisingly accomplished portrayal of depression.
‘Challengers’ (2024)
Young tennis prodigy Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) was going to be the best of the best, until a career-ending accident caused her to give up her goals in favor of coaching her husband, Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), to become an international tennis success. But when Art finds himself in a slump and suffering a series of losses, Tashi forces him to enter a low-level “challenger” competition, where he will compete against his old friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend, Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor). Challengers charts the trio’s tumultuous thirteen-year relationship, chronicling the steamy intersection of sex and sportsmanship.
With a taut script, erotically charged lead performances and a hard-hitting score courtesy of Trent Reznor i Atticus Ross, Challengers is undoubtedly one of the best, most entertaining and most popular sports dramas of all time. While the frenetic pace and time jumps can make your head spin, Challengers is an incredibly rewarding and energetic portrayal of the sexual tension of the love triangle, as well as a refreshing drop in the pond of a media landscape full of sex but almost devoid of eroticism.