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Anora 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Real villain was Diamond
I was truly entertained, but thinking deeper on it, I would’ve liked more backstory about Anora. I think the film’s time would have been better spent on that instead of a repetitive and stressful wild goose chase eating up a majority of the screen time.
Who is she? What does she want in life? Out of this marriage? The lack of character background forces audience members to project our stereotypes of sex workers onto her—‘well she must…
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Saltburn 2023
Feeling torn about this one. It really worked for a lot of people but I can’t decide if it worked for me or not.
Some gorgeous compositions and cinematography. I don’t think it’s very well written, the plot felt kind of all over the place with some loose ends. As many others have noted, the first act is great. I was hooked, drawn in by beautiful compositions and good performances. Toward the middle end I had a hard time staying…
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