Barbara St Locke

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Favorite films

  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Zodiac
  • Oppenheimer
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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  • Treading Water

    ★★★½

  • In Our Blood

    ★★★

  • Good One

    ★★★★

  • Aicha

    ★★★

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  • Treading Water

    Treading Water

    ★★★½

    Is this Forest Gump on heroin?

    Jokes aside, Joe Gill does a fantastic job, the intricacies of the character are so thoughtfully explored and nuanced, you see a real person in there. The supporting cast... nuts, and awesome.

  • In Our Blood

    In Our Blood

    ★★★

    I went through so many emotions during this thing, but it's definitely one of those that could have used an earlier cut-off. It's a good fun watch until they start stretching it. I felt like "oh, we're going there? Ok. I did not see that coming", but then they go again, and again, and again. At some point of the last act, these shenanigans got me giggling. But then the feeling was "enough already, you had your fun, now quit…

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  • Departures

    Departures

    ★★★★

    It is so entertaining while being one of the most honest movies of the year. The voiceover along with the animation make fun of the tragedy the main character endures in the most endearing way. And even the credits are used to entertain (and throw shade). Loved it.

  • My Dead Friend Zoe

    My Dead Friend Zoe

    ★★★½

    Heartbreaking af. There is so much here to unpack, but when you live long enough, you'll come to face one of these struggles, an aging relative, an avoidable death, guilt, fear... Any one of these issues has touched someone in some way, so it's easy to relate one way or another.

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