A. C. Fowler

A. C. Fowler

Favorite films

  • Phantom Thread
  • Frances Ha
  • Sing Street
  • If Beale Street Could Talk

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  • The Killer

    ★★★★

  • Opus

    ★★½

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • Party Girl

    ★★★★

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  • Jackie

    Jackie

    ★★★★★

    I understand the brilliance of this movie every time I rewatch it. Having experienced my own depression, realizing that history isn’t necessarily truth, but a collection of stories we tell ourselves out of our incredible yet duplicitous ability to craft narratives, that final conversation between Larrain’s Jackie and the priest hits so hard.

    There comes a time where you realize there are no answers. You sit and wonder if this is all there is, but you go one because this…

  • The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★½

    Originally gave this one 4/5 stars but I cannot shake this movie! Spectacular in every way and deeply moving.

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  • The Farewell

    The Farewell

    ★★★★

    At its core The Farewell is a film about loss, which one might guess from the trailer. But what the film has to say about loss is actually more profound than we might expect going in.

    The premise is immediately intriguing. Billi (an impressive Akwafina showing her range here) lived her first few years in China, but has since moved to New York with her family where she’s spent most of her life. She’s incredibly close to her grandma on…

  • Midsommar

    Midsommar

    ★★★★

    Midsommar is a horror movie, I guess. But nothing about it plays like one. There aren’t any jump scares. The film isn’t really scary, in the heart-rate-spiking kind of way. In fact, it’s funnier than it is scary. And the whole thing takes place in the overexposed light of day. We don’t have to worry about ghosts or demons lurking in a dark corner. Everything about the film is out in the open. And yet, despite playing so strongly against…