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aloose

I do not know shit about movies do not take my opinions seriously

Favorite films

  • As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • Close-Up
  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Mulholland Drive

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  • The Long Goodbye

  • Mickey 17

    ★★

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★

    For fourty percent of the movie, it's a well written slapstick style and other whatever style comedy that is lighthearted and fun.
    For the other sixty percent of the movie every single person involved in this feels the need to do their worst impression of every single instagram infographic circa 2021, and I mean every single one.
    Bong Joon Ho cannot write an effective satire for an American audience because the narrative language that he uses here is so utterly…

  • I'm Still Here

    I'm Still Here

    ★★★★

    A bit overpolished, and some of the film-language choices felt tacky until their emotional impact was revealed in the third fact. Still can read as cheaply distributed emptiness (I'm talking about the intercut use of Super-8) but I felt it served its purpose well.

    Very glad this won best International Film, Fernanda Torres should've been higher on the list for best actress in the eyes of the public because her performance is quite moving and tender.

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  • Kinds of Kindness

    Kinds of Kindness

    ★★★½

    I liked it. I don’t think everything was perfect, like I think some of the storylines and plot additions were trite or boring (read: the sa scene in the third was a bit unnecessary and added very little if not negative commentary).

    However, I enjoyed the flawed nature of everything. What is obviously best is the segmentation of this into three short stories, all connected by an undercurrent of (almost?) absurdism.

    I now think the third one had the most…

  • News from Home

    News from Home

    ★★★★½

    I've just had a very therapeutic two weeks at home, so I figured this would be good to watch again. It was strange - I wasn't looking forward to going back to PA and I was not even planning on staying that long. However, I fully enjoyed the time, spending many hours outside reading, playing with my dog, and having conversations with my mom. We recently had been arguing a lot, so I spent a lot of time listening and…