I haven't written a review on here in ages, but this movie tore my heart into a million pieces. German's outward acceptance but veiled discomfort at the testosterone surrounding him is reflective of every sleepover I've ever been to, every locker room I've ever been in, every hotel room I've shared with another guy. Berger's depiction of the closet is brutal, searing, and silent, and the way he films the male body is gorgeously unexpected and a spot-on depiction of…
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Never Let Me Go 2010
I hope you like being heartbroken.
In 1952, a medical breakthrough enabled humans to expand their lives by over 100 years. Now, in the mid 1970’s, Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield), and Ruth (Kiera Knightley) attend Hailsham, a special school for children who were cloned and bred to donate organs until they die, or “complete”, in their mid-twenties. The film follows the three as they fall into a love triangle and face their ever looming mortality.
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Primer 2004
Primer’s tag line is “What happens if it actually works?” After viewing the movie, I have concluded that the slogan is irrelevant, because, as a matter of fact, it doesn’t work.
Primer follows two engineers of an unnamed company, Aaron (Carruth, who directed himself) and Abe (David Sullivan), who accidentally discover a means of time travel while conducting side experiments in Aaron’s garage. The two struggle with the physical and moral implications of such a discovery while trying to keep…
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