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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  a man is only as good as the women who radicalized him 🤷‍♀️. timothee chalamet’s bob dylan, whose fierceness is selfish and reckless, does not deserve the pure artistry and openness of joan baez or the affection and boundless ambition of sylvie russo. dylan resented baez’s painterly lyrics, but she influenced his poetic spirit immeasurably. dylan resented russo (or should i say rotolo) for leaving, but pushed her to the edge. what the FUCK is this business?!?!? during the final…

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  The Apprentice 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  THIS IS A HORROR MOVIE!!!!! jk. but seriously, the calculated depravity and hostility with which trump treats roy cohn in this film is fucking IMMENSE. there is never a clarity in this film, neither morally or visually, and the muddiness brews a visceral, violent, saturated atmosphere. jeremy strong, the people’s character actor, i know this one cut u open. please visit a tropical landscape to live it the fuck up and drink away ur profound sorrows. you have to have…

Popular reviews

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  Walkout 2006

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Jan 2024

  michael peña’s random ass performance of a lifetime

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  Merci, Poppy 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Jul 2024 2

  victoria pedretti deserves to be the lead in a Maid-adjacent hbo max series adaptation of this short. her performance, even in these brief 14 minutes, felt indistinguishable from complex character studies that take months of method to create. this film was just so neatly paced and edited—it felt fresh but simultaneously remarkably lived-in and familiar. and can we talk about SHOT COMPOSITION! the visuals were a blessing. much love to this team.