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Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019
Probably the best film I've seen in years.
I've spent weeks trying to figure out what to write about it, but can't really put anything into words.
The final minutes are transcendent.
The movie is about a painter and her subject and lover. They create together: one with her body, another with her art.
We think we'll see them create the titular portrait of a lady on fire. But we don't. They create another painting, the one they have to…
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Robot Dreams 2023
A film about loneliness and despair.
It's cute and has musical montages, and the ending, in its way, is happy.
There are moments of joy.
But also characters just barely, effortfully, desperately figuring out how not to be lonely in the city.
Always on the verge of losing all connection to everyone, anyone.
Every attempt to connect a leap of faith.
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Alien: Romulus 2024
In terms of pure execution, you could call this one of the better Alien movies.
In terms of how interesting or valuable it is, it might actually be one of the worst.
Even the most divisive Alien movies — from Covenant to Resurrection and 3 — have something going for them, some stylistic quirk or directorial imprint, some ambitious theme or aesthetic impulse.
This has nothing but slick filmmaking and endless regurgitation of franchise iconography.
If you want an Alien story that bridges the gap between Alien and Aliens, you'd be better served by playing Alien: Isolation. So go do that, instead.
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The Substance 2024
Subtlety is not a requirement for a film, it's an option.
You may want a film to be ambiguous, layered. Some of my favorite films are like that.
This is not a film like that. This is one of those films -- like Haneke's Funny Games -- where the subtext is just the text.
You'll understand what this film wants to say within the first 10 minutes. If you've seen the trailer, you already have a pretty good idea.
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