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All of Us Strangers 2023
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The ultimate catch-22: you get to see your dead parents again, but you also go quite mad (and Paul Mescal goes quite dead too).
(Though he does seem to do that a lot.)
Too close to home for me to really touch on any part of the film without gross sentimentality. Loss, isolation, mental stability, queer culture. Perhaps the film doesn't cover any new ground, but the ground covered here is covered well. Grief is a well-trod path in cinema,…
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Anatomy of a Fall 2023
Okay, so there are films where you care about the dog because you care about dogs and animals and you like fluffy creatures with big eyes, nothing new to note there.
Then there are films where you care about the dog because the very gaze of that (incredibly well-trained!) dog is mirroring the emotional subtext of the film. I don't care about fluffy, this dog has big eyes and you can't look away. I dare you to feel more alive…
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If Only I Could Hibernate 2023
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Not a film to watch if you don't like it when dogs die. But then again, if you were here to only have a light hearted time, this wouldn't be the film for you. Instead we're grappling with poverty, grief and anger on the edges of Mongolia's Ulaanbaatar.
Amazing, natural performances from actors of all ages, and some really beautiful shots as well. Underlying bitter and sardonic themes of "the city"/capitalism being the smog that weighs us all down, and…
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