Ev Delafose

Ev Delafose

Favorite films

  • Whiplash
  • Hereditary
  • All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
  • Black Swan

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  • Emilia Pérez

    ★½

  • Pickpocket

    ★★★★★

  • Pi

  • Maria

    ★★★★½

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  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    ★½

    I relented for so long but finally decided to watch.

    It wasn't as bad as I was expecting based off the horrendous "VAGINOPLASTYYYY" scene that went viral. However, "as bad" means nothing when the movie is legitimately horrible in so many ways. Perhaps the acting was fine, but it was difficult to tell with the poor writing. Perhaps the cinematography was delightful, but it wasn't interesting beyond tried-and-true cinematographic methods. Perhaps the singing and choreography was endearing at times, but…

  • Pickpocket

    Pickpocket

    ★★★★★

    if Morton Feldman and Fyodor Dostoevsky came together to make one of the most beautifully boring works of art of the 20th century! i was initially going to say John Cage in the place of Morton Feldman, but I think Feldman is cooler and smarter than Cage.

    Anyways—minimalist masterpiece; 10/10; no notes!

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  • Maria

    Maria

    ★★★★½

    To put it succinctly, Maria is, at times, overwritten. It alludes to revelations while maintaining a mildly frustrating vagueness regarding its subject matter. However, writing aside, this was perhaps one of the greatest examples of ‘ekphrastic’ art—art created by, through, and in response to art. Maria follows a tradition a la Black Swan, Whiplash, etc. in which art is the perfection of the death drive.

    I know that this movie has and will continue to have such an unending impact on me…

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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