director, comedian, screenwriter, and then a fourth job but that one is a joke. big dummy, not a cinephile.
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Drive My Car 2021
my therapist likes to stop me whenever i criticize myself with the word ‘should,' that i should feel some way, that i should have done something. we stop and dig into this statement until i get to the root of it and try to understand how i've internalized whatever idea or feeling or action is meant to be "correct" or "normal." it's a hard thing for me to do because it's always easiest to lightly lean on myself as the…
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Nomadland 2020
when they say "money can't buy happiness" it's meant in a very direct and temporary sense, though it's crucially wrong in that money can unlock security and comfort in ways that can make you happy. but it can't buy freedom.
wealth is nothing more than a mound of dirt. and from atop that mound you can see so much more than you could from the floor. but you can't stand on top of the mound without it slowly eroding below…
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The Beekeeper 2024
“I’m sorry to break it to you but bin Laden’s been dead for a while.”
love the idea that every call center has a Death Race 2000-style MC in an ugly jewel-toned suit whose job is to scream I LOVE MONEY!!!!!
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Sacramento 2024
“Lunch? At noon?”
Fantastic. Really undersold by its poster, because it’s soooo fucking funny. I genuinely think every single joke worked for me. Huge kudos to Michael Angarano and Michael Cera. Love when the straight man in a comedy is not-so-secretly even more insane. Also, really sweet and so beautifully shot! I do think having Maya Erskine in your movie is like a cheat code, she is just so unbelievably charming and funny and cool.
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