Aaron Penner

Aaron Penner

Favorite films

  • Synecdoche, New York

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

  • Blink Twice

  • Companion

    ★★★★½

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  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★★½

    best use of “lil boo thang” to this date

  • Andrei Rublev

    Andrei Rublev

    ★★½

    one half of me likes the meditative and molasses-like pacing and my other half was about to pass out. 

    rublev goes from troubled artist to self-martyrdom, his story set in a much larger scene. battles and bloodshed contrast his fleeting hopes to paint a temple free from violence. 

    all is defiled. dogs and women are abused, the temple is decimated. then: the bell.

    a new city is born. older artisans are forced to construct what they don’t believe in, all…

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  • See How They Run

    See How They Run

    ★★

    Detective story? More like defective story. Gottem

  • Triangle of Sadness

    Triangle of Sadness

    ★★★

    Each act grows longer and more unfocused. Exploring the vapid should not take two and a half hours. This movie comes so close to saying something real but never gets to a proper volta. Instead the tone stays lighthearted and weightless, which isn’t necessarily bad, but these characters really needed to get fucked up and killed off. Honestly enjoyed this though, even though I nearly died of starvation.