I will not accept a life I do not deserve!!!!
The final evolution of Maxine GRAAAAAA OOMPH!! Hollywood-grunge gore perfection - so freaking funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Maxine’s confidence and refusal to bend to the powers that want a bad bitch down + classic Ty West cinematography = me having a GOOD TIME
Again, I will not accept a life I do not deserve!!!!
debated between giving this a 4.0 or a 3.5 but ultimately landed on 3.5 because as much as I enjoyed the romp and ride, -0.5 because it lacked the storytelling effort to make this whole movie really -land- for me (i get it, it’s a Sean Baker film but whatever)
ultimately the topsy-turvy nature of power and control is only really expressed with the focal point of Ivan, despite him literally being missing for half the movie. Ani is a side…
A masterpiece brought together by couture-level costumes, symbolic lighting, and sweeping opera-esque cinematography. A nouveau-Shakespearean take on the classic trope of wife-cheats-on-husband.
And sexy.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
a beautiful short film in a world of increasingly long films
benji and david set across together on a homecoming that lays out all the ironies of their current lives, and forces them to reckon with the reality that neither is truly at peace with where they’re at.
they’re also not at peace with where the other is at.
david wants better for benji while simultaneously envying his life. benji feels he can never be like david to the point…
