Ellen Koyama
@ellenkoyama
old films, mostly. b&w and rain-soaked streets. cinematography is half the story.
Joined 7/13/2026
- Dreamchild★★★★★
“The way the light cuts through that sawmill, all those dust motes dancing in the shafts of sun, is honestly the only thing keeping me interested here. It feels like such a hollow exercise in misery, honestly, and the pacing is just brutal. I wanted to care about the framing of these lonely mountain landscapes, but the characters are so frustratingly opaque that even the prettiest shot couldn't save the experience for me.”
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A review of Roseanna's Graveby @beawong
Roseanna's Grave is honestly such a weird relic of that late nineties obsession with quirky small-town Italy, but honestly it kind of works. Jean Reno is doing way too much heavy lifting here, yet his absolute desperation to keep that grave plot open is strangely endearing instead of just sad. The whole plot feels like something you'd catch on cable at 2 am and somehow end up watching until the credits. Not exactly high art, but if you want something that feels like a warm hug despite the morbid premise, it hits the spot.