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  Bowling for Columbine 2002

  ★★★½ Rewatched 29 Dec 2024

  Say what you will about Michael Moore, but he is great at building his case. Kind of a master at The Bit. First half of the film rips right by with his use of editing, framing, and interview excerpts. And pretty funny! Last 30 minutes drag a bit as the movie fails to hone in on a concise point and instead congeals in a cringey interview that adds so little to what he already built in the stronger and zippier…

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Nov 2024

  here for every second of this until it lands with a thud on this 'gotcha' feeling moment that I'm not sure succeeds in what it is trying to do so much as it left me with that same sour feeling you get from a micro aggression. haven't totally solidified my feelings on this one. Can see my opinion of it fading or growing over time. Overall a much better use of this director's craft than All Quiet - a bunch…

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  The Ballad of the Sad Cafe 1991

  ★★★ Watched 17 Apr 2023

  maybe one of the weirdest and most perplexing films I've seen in a while with some absolutely arresting cinematography. Totally beguiled by tough butch Vanessa Redgrave. I don't know why most things are happening - not sure if that works for or against the movie.

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  The Sweet Hereafter 1997

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Dec 2022

  as ambitious and complex as it is understated and direct. a hypnotic modern-day folk tale on how grief and trauma fractures and transforms a community

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