Knives Out
These all-star murder mysteries have been presented before (even just a few years prior in Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express), but never in this manner. Rian Johnson’s movie keeps all the fizzy fun of earlier locked-room mysteries (and then some), but digs deeper into the murky motivations of our cast of suspects while still being willing to make fun of their wealthy, white asses. And a resolution has never been this fulfilling in the past.
Knives Out
Parasite
The goal of Bong Joon-ho in this film is to completely upend society. He first examines the framework that supports our social institutions before arguing persuasively for its destruction. The genre-defying masterpiece starts out like a dark comedy before transitioning into a horror film. Several times, it seems as though Bong’s film is about to go entirely off the rails, yet each deftly executed turn and turn simply heightens the excitement of the film.
Parasite
