Still as fun as she was going all the way back to Screenwipe, what, 20 years ago? It’s weird how this character had caught on even as Charlie Booker shit the bed trying to adapt the format to those mediocre year end shows even as he turned black mirror into a cultural phenomenon. But anyway, point being it weirds me out people know Philomena Cunk here now (even heard people talking about her in a diner a few years ago) even if they don’t get the reference to her old friend Barry Shitpeas.
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Topsy-Turvy 1999
Jim bridebent is swinging for the fences. The wife too, with her longing and aching, lingering on her as she clearly alludes to her desire for him to stay with her. I don’t know if the indication is that he’s gay?
But Mike Leigh rocks. Whether it’s a huge, sprawling Oscar bait film like this or a small melodrama like whatever his one last year was, he nails it and the actors clearly show up for him.
It’s also interesting…
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Bone Tomahawk 2015
Debated whether to hit like. Recommended by a friend, but I’m not that into westerns though I am very into Kurt Russell. I didn’t recognize Richard Jenkins. Patrick Wilson talking to God like an invisible friend was funny.
But the dark, intense tone was compelling. And the bones in the necks of the… people… were cool. The focus on “savages” in a western feels like… a lot. It’s a bit of a heavy theme in cinema to call back to…
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The Brutalist 2024
I was really excited for this and was mostly on board the first half, despite the cheap drug scenes and two dimensional Guy Pearce character. The second half lost me. Part of that was what I perceived as pro-Zionism, part of it was just how much cheaper all the bullshit got.
My friend turned me around on the Zionism, but it ultimately didn’t sell me any better on the storytelling. The rape scene, framed like Irreversible, packs no punch. That…
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