requiem for a dream is, imo, a genuinely hateful movie. it masquerades as a gritty, uncomfortable exploration of addiction, but lacks the empathy and emotional intelligence to actually *be* that. it has nothing novel or interesting to say, and beats you over the head with what little it does have to say, with all the grace and subtlety of a sledgehammer. it relies on played-out tropes and cheap shock, but delivers them with enough flash and style to avoid looking…
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We're All Going to the World's Fair 2021
a very well observed distillation of the feeling of being a lonely teenager in the early '10s perusing the depths of the internet in the middle of the night while the rest of the world sleeps. and, in this case, getting in too deep. all soundtracked by a lovely Alex G score. i loved this a lot, it taps into a very specific sort of nostalgia that no other movie has touched, which is impressive considering Jane Schoenbrun was not…
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Crimes of the Future 2022
has some interesting things to say, but i desperately wish it'd trust the viewer to glean those themes from like, idk, events? the actions of its characters? a storyline? rather than just saying it all to us directly via endless dry expositional dialogue
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