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A Traveler's Needs 2024
Charming, funny, intricate, likable, elusive - and yet I can’t help but continue to feel that ‘20’s HSS is missing a vitality he had in spades a decade and a half ago.
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Anora 2024
1. You see people on Twitter saying they wished Ani had some more interiority, that she should have talked about wanting to open a bakery with the money - but that’s silly. Ani’s unreflective desire for wealth and comfort is the truest thing in this movie, and totally of a piece with her social standing and profession. Similarly the idea that she was sincerely in love with Ivan falls apart on examination - see how quickly she accepts $10k to…
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The Brutalist 2024
A sort of modernist-gothic fable. “Novelistic” is indeed an apt description - not just because it’s structured in chapters, but because of how it probes the characters interiority. Guy Pearce is amazing.
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AGGRO DR1FT 2023
People love to praise movies by saying they are heralds for “the future of cinema”. I’ve never felt that way, until I saw Aggro Dr1ft.
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