It’s a lot to process in one viewing, and breathless fans will surely waste no time double-dipping and dissecting the film for years to come; but even casual viewers should appreciate the singular intensity of Anno’s artistic vision and bittersweet sincerity of his messages about growing up and moving on from the psychic disfigurements of the past. Former Luca Guadagnino understudy Ferdinando Cito Filomarino teams with versatile and bonafide action star John David Washington to create a throwback of a picture: at times a conspiracy thriller, character study, and man-on-the-run tale à la The Fugitive, Beckett presents an atmosphere unique to these genre conventions. It’s hard to judge Siân Heder’s Coda outside of its context: being one of the opening feature films to the….
