Necessary pilgrimage for any Wu fan. Decent choreography and compelling training scenes. Within the 35 chambers a raised eyebrow or knowing smirk lands a far harsher blow on our protagonist than any strike.
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The Beach Bum 2019
A one star film with gorgeous sunrises. Genuinely not sure how I watched it to the end.
Cinematography is stunning tbf (hoping GTA VI will look like this) but the writing is pure garbage. I think I laughed once.
Happy to defend Spring Breakers as a film which found something fleetingly profound and darkly humourous in America's unique brand of vacuous depravity. But only a few years later Korine seems to have completely lost his way. Perhaps SB was the…
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Priscilla 2023
Priscilla is almost a Bechdel test paradox. Coppola sensitively tells her story, but it's still about him. Even if Elordi is absent from a scene, Elvis never really leaves the building... As the charismatic deity of entertainment, grooming and excess, he dominates all. So there's no escaping The King. But that's the point. Priscilla contributes an important perspective that's often hard to watch but reminds us that the gods of the modern era are as chaotically flawed as their ancient counterparts.
Also, great casting. Spaeny is excellent. Elordi too.
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The Last Year of Darkness 2023
Somewhat bleak window into Chengdu's underground club scene. Shot beautifully and opens up a relatable lense on Chinese youth culture - featuring one of the great anticipatory vomit scenes in documentary cinema.
Funky Town (RIP) is populated with an outward looking, progressive crowd, and yet appears to be a rare bastion of queer space in the city. While broader themes of escapism from subsistence/material living resonate here too, its demise (demolished to make way for a subway station) leaves unanswered…
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