This takes the cake for quirkiest movie I’ve seen in a long time! Mostly a good thing actually, which is very surprising for me, considering how easily I can become repulsed by this kind of movie… you know, the kind that has perpetually static/geometric cinematography with a intentionally rigid and cold acting style, contrasting against with the emotional undercurrent and humorous sensibilities of the film itself. Reminds me of a certain popular filmmaker, one that I like but usually am…
Favorite films
Recent activity
AllRecent reviews
More-
-
Mickey 17 2025
Robert Pattinson goes all in, the movie is definitely weird/unique, it feels a bit long by the end, and the political stuff is heavy handed (not likely to change the minds of many) but still has some interesting ideas. And, on a very simplistic level, it’s satisfying to see a successful resistance effort against the cartoonish Trump-like tyrants.
What’s craziest to me is that they anticipated Trump getting grazed by an assassin’s bullet. Unreal. Will this movie successfully predict anything else…?
Translated from by
Popular reviews
More-
Matt and Mara 2024
First, a little entry on the weirdly oversized importance of this screening and Q&A to me:
After a shit year of job searching and after another year of not being sure of where I want to exist, and with my love/hate relationship with New York altogether intensifying every week, this little screening and Q&A made me really remember that it's not always possible to get the same experiences elsewhere. Somehow, *I* was mildly nervous going into this event even though…
Translated from by -
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 2022
You know how there are certain foods that you can keep on eating and eating and they still don’t make you feel full? This was the movie equivalent of that for me. Just passed right through. As Austin said, “why couldn’t they have gotten someone weirder to direct this?”
Translated from by
