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  Working Girls 1986

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Take note Sean Baker: this is how you make a movie about Sex Work. 

  I really enjoyed the editing and compositions in this film. At times, the dialogue and transitions felt akin to watching a play. 

  The camerawork never feels exploitive, gratuitous, or voyeuristic. Borden’s artful lens gently illustrates how the world’s oldest profession is fundamentally, just labor. She humanizes these characters by depicting their jobs in such a way that any of us working class people can relate to.

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  She's the Man 2006

  ★★½ Watched 19 Feb 2025

  I simply refuse to accept that Viola and Olivia didn’t end up together…

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  This Closeness 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 07 Jul 2024

  Anyone who has known the tensions of sharing a small living space with strangers, or perhaps allowed distance to creep into a once-close relationship, will find something to cathect with in this earnest and claustrophobic film.

  With a impressively minimal setup, Zauhar embraces every second of the 89 minute runtime, filling every inch of the cramped, austere setting with some truly complex and deeply uncomfortable layers of intimacy (or the lack thereof), and the persistence of loneliness. Her lens embraces…

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Feb 2023

  A tender portrait of young fatherhood
  
  Charlotte Wells captures early adolescence with gentle softness and dreadful tension beneath the surface. This dichotomy renders coming of age with stunning empathy. Paul Mescal paints a really beautiful and heart-wrenching portrait of a father who’s a little lost- but loves his daughter far too much to show it. Frankie Corio’s performance was arresting as well. Together their chemistry is impeccable. 

  Aftersun is a must watch for anyone who was a parent at a…

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