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A Real Pain 2024
This is like a beat-up paperback novella you keep returning to over the years—not because it’s groundbreaking or difficult to crack, but because there’s something familiar and comforting about holding it in your hands.
I can’t stress how deeply I connected to the fact that Eisenberg wrote, directed, and starred in a film about feeling like someone else is both remarkable and infuriating—his own hardships and achievements overshadowed by his cousin’s effortless charm—only for the actor playing that role to…
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The Act of Killing 2012
As a son of immigrants who lived in a country where politically endorsed killings were very real, I frankly found this film disgusting. The murderers are neither condemned nor humanized and the killings are trivialized. The dancing scenes that bookend the film reflect the ridiculousness of this endeavor. I can’t imagine how the families of the Indonesian victims would feel watching these men being given a platform. The film seems to highlight the protagonists’ claims that they were inspired by…
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