Stars are roughly how likely I’d watch a movie again (3 is the cusp).
“Favorites” are my top 4 first-time watches from last month.
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Bull Durham 1988
Baseball is fine as a game, and I even tend to like films about off-field antics of teams. Bull Durham, however, did not engage me, even with the leads being at the peaks of their powers. Partly, I don’t relate to these people who view baseball as something larger than a game, to them it’s some sort of religion, part Americana, part tribalism.
But also, I can’t get a read on aspects of these characters, particularly Annie. Like, Tom Robbin…
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Out 1 1971
Me, after the last chapter:
“What did we learn, Palmer?” “I don’t know, sir.”13 hours of improvised cinema, incorporating themes of theater rehearsal, espionage pulp, Balzac, searching for meaning in life, and capital-A Artistry. Severely falls short, though, in how clearly it’s improvised - events come and go with little fanfare or consequence as though someone else failed to go “yes, and.” Also not sure I should wonder for at least eight hours what this conspiracy of Thirteen could…
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Distant Sky 2018
A hug that happens during the encore may be the most joyful thing I see in the cinema this year.
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