Even now, I struggle to classify Thoroughbreds under conventional genres. It has its own sense of tempo and tone, like Ghost World but with a murderous slant.
Annihilation is both dreamy and nightmarish, complex yet universal, fascinating yet terrifying. It’s like a crossbreed between Aronofsky, Villeneuve and Cronenberg.
Like all big-budget studio tent-poles, Black Panther is still trashy entertainment made for a mass audience. But in spite of the stakes surrounding its success, I am thoroughly impressed by its ambition.