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The Seed of the Sacred Fig 2024
Protest film with a lot it wants to say, and yet it falls to a weak premise and a disappointing finale. Loved the protest scenes, the paranoia, some of the sets, and one particularly harrowing violent scene a bit less than halfway through. Also enjoyed the complexity of the two parents, especially with how they act with their daughters versus when they’re merely by themselves, which felt especially realistic and close to the personality and opinion shifts we go all…
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Certain Women 2016
Beautiful in some parts, and Lily Gladstone was the best casting choice they could have made: it’s a film that requires so much to be said without words, and that would have landed flat in the water had the cast not been able to express it. A strange connection, but where Anora’s lead is actually fairly empty on paper and largely rendered full only thanks to Mikey Madison’s performance, Gladstone’s character expresses a complexity, loneliness, and longing deep within the…
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Beans 2020
clichéd, underwhelming, unbelievable, and very strangely paced. The only good parts of the film were the documentary bits, and Rainbow Dickerson's performance. A powerful story was there to tell, and it pierced through during some scenes, but overall the absolutely mediocre script drowned the rest of the film with it.
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Witness for the Prosecution 1957
Within the first ten minutes the dialogue of the rabble in Wilfrid's office, both witty as well as masterful at setting the scene, already let you know you're in for a treat. And the film holds its promise fabulously, what an intrigue, what a script, what a phenomenal performance from Laughton, Power, Dietrich, and all the supporting cast! I was hanging onto every word during the trial, superbly crafted and timed, never did I feel like it was hanging onto…
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