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  • Caché
  • No Other Land
  • Amadeus
  • Queer

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  • Chaos: The Manson Murders

    ★★★

  • Counterattack

    ★★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

  • Munich

    ★★★★½

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  • No Other Land

    No Other Land

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

    The Seed of the Sacred Fig

    ★★★★½

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  • Chaos: The Manson Murders

    Chaos: The Manson Murders

    ★★★

    Nobody's best work is in this, but it's interesting, and hearing Manson's demoes was bizarre, especially because one ("Look At Your Game Girl") is startlingly good.

    Overall, although the book has become famous, this feels kinda beneath Morris. If I hadn't seen his name at the beginning, I would've assumed it was one of many by-the-numbers-directed true crime projects Netflix likes to pump out (which it's not not...)

  • Counterattack

    Counterattack

    ★★★

    Some good action.

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  • Adrienne Iapalucci: The Dark Queen

    Adrienne Iapalucci: The Dark Queen

    ★½

    Edgy-for-edgy's-sake jokes with nothing to say. Iapalucci is a skillful speaker, and should try and write above this 1950s-with-a-modern-twist, I-reminded-you-of-a-negative-thing-now-laugh, mostly hacky material.

    "Have you tried giving them casinos?"

    Gimme a break.

    Sarah Silverman and Anthony Jeselnik successfully (to use Jeselnik's quoted words) "get away with it" because they a) Use the small jokes to imply something greater AKA make even a vague point or two, or b) The jokes are a lot cleverer, and that makes the use of sad history or references in them seem less the star (and dare I say the resultant point) of the show.

    --

    *Checks director* Huh.

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★

    Fantastic acting from everyone. Interesting blurring of certain lines, especially by this director. Tons of not-so-subtle phallic-eating and stuff, sometimes I think played for a bit of a winking joke, and other times truly meant to increase tension. It all works in the context of the movie.

    A lot of unique stuff placed over top of a kinda rote premise (at this point).

    I know it's doing well, but I don't imagine it'll garner the same praise as Call Me By Your Name.

    Made me appreciate all three actors a lot more, and I'm looking forward to their future work.