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I shake up my favourites every so often, there's just too many great films in this world.
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Art School Confidential 2006
wayyy better than i expected it to be, keeps the relatable but highly embellished and zany satire of clowes’ original 4 or so page comic and expands it in actually hilarious ways - i was actually cackling throughout almost the whole run time. zwigoff gets how to do the alternative comics ‘everyone’s a gross asshole weirdo but so am i’ on screen just as people like clowes and crumb know how to do in their original medium. also does art…
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It's a Wonderful Life 2001
maddin reckons this is a bit thin but i think it’s a nice accompaniment to the sparklehorse song. really enjoying maddin seemingly semi-regularly posting old shorts to his instagram at the moment though
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Asteroid City 2023
a rather large branch fell onto our roof and crushed our tv antenna during this.
a messy movie that doesn’t all totally work, but one that has some surprisingly comforting and compelling messages about continuing to push forward, experiment, etc in both art and life despite uncertainty, fear, confusion, etc. i wasn’t convinced half way through but it manages to bring everything together in the second half in quite a poignantly beautiful way. and just some delightful and quaint performances…
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Nickel Boys 2024
leagues above and beyond many of the films being mentioned for or receiving awards this season. some of the most interesting and intelligent filmmaking to emerge in a long time.
it never feels like a gimmick, it feels as though we have always been making films like this (and as good as this). the praise for its visual approach is well deserved and should be shouted from every roof top. it remarkably allows both an immense closeness, but ever present…
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