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Shiva Baby 2020
Lower-stakes Uncut Gems, but I always love a slice-of-life story.
Unsurprisingly, most non-white communities share similar extended family dynamics. That stressful, enmeshed yet distant, loving relationship with everyone. This movie perfectly captures that chaotic claustrophobic energy, reminding me of every funeral, wedding, graduation, baby shower, and community event I’ve ever attended.
There’s this ever-present pressure (desperation?) for validation and approval. Adults seek it from their community and then project that need onto their children, who, in turn, seek it from…
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Anora 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I’ll start from the end—I left the theater in tears. Every girl, and I mean every girl (and for some of us, not so deep inside), wants to be saved. That’s what this movie captures: the loneliness of being a woman, especially one like Anora—a beautifully tragic, fucked-up Cinderella.
It reminded me of the original dark ending of Pretty Woman (1990), one of my favorite movies of all time (surprise, surprise). In that version, Edward doesn’t sweep Vivian off her…
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