The Irishman
“He’s dead? Who did it?”
“Cancer.”
I found this a touch overrated upon release, but <PERSON> — once you’re keyed into <PERSON>’s thematic goals regarding the pathetic, “just following orders” nature of his protagonist here, this thing just sings. I unfairly derided the aesthetic here as having “Netflix sheen” back in the day, and while the look is perhaps overly digital and clean, it still looks — let’s be real — heads and shoulders above most anything else being made at the moment. <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and especially <PERSON> are all delivering performances that rank among their very best, the script is absurdly detailed and honestly impressively subtle…it’s a fucking masterpiece. 475
Easily better than Casino and among <PERSON>’s best. One of the great films about the act of dying. Bring on Flower Moon. 529