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The Nice Guys 2016
Shane Black took Lethal Weapon and Chinatown’d it. Ryan Gosling is so good at comedy and has a great dynamic with Crowe.
“Don’t say ‘anal scenes and stuff’ just say ‘anal scenes.’”
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Past Lives 2023
There is nothing complicated about the way Past Lives tells its story. There’s no mystery, no hidden character motivations. There aren’t any big reveals. No delayed information. It shows its cards early by letting us know exactly what the characters want, fear, and hope for, which creates a different kind of tension altogether. The focus becomes less about "what will happen?" and more about “how will it feel when it happens?" It creates so much space for contemplation and intimacy,…
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Saltburn 2023
I can see two ways of reading it. On one hand, Saltburn could come across as this try-hard commentary about class - here's this fancy take about how the upper class is twisted, but hey middle class, let's not pretend you're some paragon of virtue either! When middle-class people rage against inequality, are they actually fighting injustice, or are they just obsessed with having what the rich have? Are they trying to eat the rich, or become them? It seems…
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