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  Corsage 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  a striking piece of work, actually cinematic with no need to be showy. shot and costumed beautifully, with performances uniformly complex, but easy. 

  this imaginary portrait of a year-or-so in a real queen’s life feels like a mid-90’s atwood offering. a very internal story of a woman looking to disappear from expectation’s clutches, rather than a succession of costume montages meant to paint the claustrophobia of pomp and circumstance. 

  less spencer / more the hours

  the supporting cast is a…

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  Rat Race 2001

  ★★★½ Rewatched 21 Mar 2025

  this movie is absolutely perfectly idiotic.
  the cast is stacked. the jokes are a million a minute.
  major multi-watch comfort viewing.
  do recommend.

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★ Watched 28 Dec 2024

  i could’ve taken a big red pen and axed about 23-28 minutes of shivers and quakes. and a solid 5-18 minutes of snivels. 

  it was long and not scary. but beautifully and thoughtfully made. there was a lot to appreciate but i was pretty genuinely bored in the theater.

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  Night Nurse 1931

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  opening with an ambulance dashcam, careening through ye olden time streets, and rightfully so: the whole picture is one wild ride.

  this pre-code picture is delightful as a slice of life (interesting to see old operating theaters, etc.) and also as an extremely snappy romantic thriller.

  stanywck is great as always, and joan blondell has all the trappings of a movie star that i like to see. brassy? larger than life? tons of fun.

  do recommend.

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