Super Sundancy. Coming of age, quiet and contemplative, shoestring budget with one name-actor, and an absolutely bonkers twist that recontextualizes the whole film. Naturally, all that is very much my taste, but it’ll certainly turn off others. Gut-wrenching performance by my husband John Magaro.
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Sauna 2025
Overeager ally alert! Fun to turn the camera back on the basic gays for talking the talk but falling back to their basic ways when it comes to walking the walk.
Plus, it has the line “It was so beautiful. Tiny fish started to nibble at my semen.” And that alone is worth a bonus half-star.
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Black Bag 2025
I love the actors and I love the carefree, efficient vibe. I just wish I cared more about the plot. (My feelings on the espionage genre are probably net negative atm, anyhow.)
I have other nitpicks, like a lazy “enhance picture” CSI bullshit scene and its glib approach to psychology professionals’ relationship to patients.
But at least the acting is top-notch (mvp Naomie Harris); they all make it worthwhile. Far better as a 94-minute feature than an 8-part miniseries.
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Mrs. Miniver 1942
Before it takes a dramatic heel turn, we’re gifted with this exchange that left me in stitches for a good 15 minutes:
>: You had a pony.
>: Oh yes, he was a dear.
>: He was very, very fat and so were you.
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Agent of Happiness 2024
Refreshingly non-judgmental to all its subjects.
As an art form, it’s fascinating to watch them spend more time with the “unhappy” people - it lets the viewer decide what an effective happiness measurement is. Especially since it’s framed around a government worker, whose own government won’t grant him citizenship. But I also wish I knew more about what a good score on the happiness index is.
It’s quite an accessible film as a foreigner, offering a nice cultural and anthropological perspective of this tiny romanticized country. So much beautiful Bhutanese scenery in this too!
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Thor: Love and Thunder 2022
One of Marvel’s best qualities is when they let their directors put their own stamp on the movies in the MCU machine. And THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER allows Taika Waititi to again roam free.
There are still a few obligatory superhero-movie boxes that need to be checked off, but are mercifully done with quickly. And there’s not surprisingly overuse of green screen and CGI.
But the movie itself is really sharp! Its themes are pretty universal and thankfully not convoluted.…
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