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Paris, Texas 1984
Odysseus lost in the Texan desert, neon lit stoicism, archaic ideas of fatherhood and marriage intertwined with incredible expressions of sensitivity and love - history meets modernity through beautiful and gut wrenching layers of family and self reflection.
The colors in this are gorgeous, so powerful and so carefully placed within the landscape and on the characters. Walt's rental reminded me of my dad's powder blue Datsun, so beloved partially for the color. The intensity of the saturation worked so…
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The Love Witch 2016
Really really wanted to like this, but unfortunately it just did not do it for me. The hair and make up and costuming were gorgeous but otherwise the overall design was just lacking a little something, maybe it could be campier, I don't know. Witchy feminist type stuff is probably just never going to be my thing (although as a millennial white woman I'm always at a high risk of posting "we're the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn"…
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Moonlight 2016
Having seen this twice now, I thought I might be better able to articulate what I love about this film, but I am again so struck by what an intense physical ache I feel in my chest during the majority of the runtime. I don't think there's another movie that has created that sensation of heaviness to the degree this one does, likely due to how powerful the performances are - Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Mahershala Ali, and Ashton Sanders…
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The Brutalist 2024
A beautiful film full of incredible performances, invigorating music, stunning cinematography and mesmerizing sets. I have never been so happy to see the word epilogue in my life.
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