Might fare better on a rewatch; funny, smart, and tightly paced, but didn't pull me in and sweep me away emotionally. May have benefited from a little more time to breathe with the characters. I did really appreciate all the subtle weirdness and black comedy (and all the actors chowing down on the scenery in completely delightful ways), though I felt the ending was a touch simplistic and sentimental.
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The Brutalist 2024
Long and feels long. Harrowing at points, particularly in the second half. Art and beauty are created simultaneously with, and are even dependent on, cruelty and ugliness, but human resilience can persist. Formally mirrors the titular architect's signature style: it's neither inviting nor comforting but is deeply beautiful.
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Ride or Die 2021
I was just going to give this film 4 stars and leave it at that, but given the reviews I guess some of you can only handle sugar-coated disneyfied perfectly palatable lesbian films and I have to be the one to speak up! This is not a perfect film, but it is a good one. Rei is clingy and desperate, Nanae is prideful and stubborn. Both swing between euphoria, tender intimacy, suicidal ideation, and screaming rage multiple times throughout the…
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Megalopolis 2024
Feeds both my desire for more ambitious, unusual art and my schadenfreude at watching arrogant men torpedo their own delusions of grandeur. Found the visuals--the formal filmmaking elements and the consistent visual references to nature-y folds and fronds--and (most) performances here impressive and sometimes compelling, daring even when they don't totally work, but the characters, narrative structure, and themes are by and large incredibly shallow. Some stuff I just disagree with (the philosophy of this film is extremely idealist as…
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