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  • Small Things Like These

  • The Brutalist

  • I'm Still Here

  • A Different Man

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  • Small Things Like These

    Small Things Like These

    Tragic reality, but as a story, very small indeed. In fact, to the point of tedium. Would have worked as a short or else needed an expanded narrative.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    Soon-to-be-wife called this “wifeaganda” (due to Erzsébet’s near saintly levels of tolerance and forgiveness) and now I’m in the awkward position of defending a movie whose ideology I’m pretty sure I reject.

    Still, staggeringly exceptional craft across the board. Like Brutalism itself, a monumental feat that is ultimately not for me.

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  • The Northman

    The Northman

    ½

    Turns out if neo nazis like something, it’s probably bad.

  • The Killer

    The Killer

    If you watched John Wick and found yourself thinking, “This is cool, but I wish it was more like The Counselor,” then you might enjoy The Killer. For me? No, just no. I admire those who manage to salvage some critique of late capitalism because the killer uses our favorite convenience apps—ahem, well, the ones that paid up anyway (looking at you NyQuil, Equinox). But product placement ≠ critique. It’s a slickly shot ad, and under normal circumstances I would…

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