Perfectly-executed pastiche. In 2025, it's insane to think that a major studio once paid millions and millions of dollars to make what's essentially the big budget '60s romcom equivalent of Far From Heaven.
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The Brothers Bloom 2008
What an enjoyable rewatch this was. I had not seen it since it was projected on celluloid, and it plays like something Wes Anderson might have made in 2008 if he'd kept the warmth and shaggy humanity of Bottle Rocket and Rushmore running through his next few films. (Ironically enough, Adrian Brody received the script for this while he was filming Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, another movie about brothers abroad.) And then there's that beautiful rhyming storybook of an opening…
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Conclave 2024
Very good, lots of juice, but also not quite as sudsy and bitchy as I was led to believe? I had heard about people gasping and yelling at plot twists, but I felt like this ultimately achieves a kind of serenity by the end. Feels like this will be a very easy rewatch, and one I’ll be able to enjoy much more on its own terms.
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Nickel Boys 2024
As I walked into the only theatre in Toronto playing Nickel Boys -- on its final night, midweek, a big Cineplex -- a funny thing happened. Everyone in front of me getting their tickets scanned was being directed to go to the same auditorium. "Theatre 9, on your right."
Then my ticket was scanned. "Theatre 9, on your right."
Then the guy behind me had his ticket scanned. "Theatre 9, on your right."
The guy and I glanced at each…
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