they’ll allow one in their neighborhood. two, maybe. but…three? three is apocalyptic.
spike lee with another satirical film on the black/white relationship but this time focusing on integration and upward black mobility in america. i saw parallels between the spader’s in greenwich connecticut and my own life in suburban arizona — might’ve biased my rating but lee can speak to the black experience in america fr. his ability to distill the changes in family and culture when you go from…
you know that episode of courage the cowardly dog with bunny and kitty? real psycho-noir with unsettling and overt lesbianism vibes? this was 2 hours of that.
this was my first dive into david lynch and i’ll be honest did not like it at first. the first half was confusing and unsettling; acting felt lackluster. but over time came to enjoy the film and understand the brilliance of david lynch. the characters each portrayed a segment of hollywood and felt…
this will be a film i watch every year as i try and navigate my life and im sure it will hit differently each time. no critiques, this film showcases the balance between being a good person to yourself and the worst person in the world to everyone else.
this brought up a lot of family pain for me i’m not gonna lie. benji’s character was just so raw and i think reframed what it means to be productive immigrant. david is what our parents aspire us to be while benji is what many of us want to be. the backdrop of the holocaust made an already emotional movie even more poignant. wish we got snippets or maybe a flashback of benji’s relationship with his grandmother while she was…
