Nowhere near as heady or realised as Parasite but that never seems to be its goal. Instead it keeps it light, funny and accessible. Robert is amazing and I can't believe how easily I keep forgetting he's such a great character actor. And for such a blunt criticism of the most cannibalistic tendencies of our late stage capitalism, I really wasn't expecting that heartwarming of an ending. Just lovely end to end.
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Weekend 2011
I wish I could talk about this movie without sounding like I'm being patronizing towards its writer and director, Andrew Haigh. Thing is, I watch this one or All of us strangers and I get the feeling that deep down, he believes (as do his characters) that being gay is an inherently isolating, likely miserable experience. His characters can then choose what to do with that, to be angry, lonely, or do their best to combat that condition and hold…
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All the Fires 2023
Hay un momento peculiar de la experiencia cuir que algunes(muches 🙏) afortunades no han vivido . Es mirar hacia atrás, a tu infancia, pubertad o adolescencia y descubrir que gran parte de tu grupo de amigues también lo era, incluso cuando nadie era capaz de articularlo. Mucho tiempo y conversaciones difíciles, y autoconocimiento y afirmación después reparas en ese hecho y dices oooooh 🤯. Ahora imagina que en algún universo paralelo la vida y sus accidentes no dejaron que terminara…
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I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me 2023
Casi todos mis halagos para esta película son en realidad halagos para Juan Pablo Villalobos y lo mucho que disfruto su obra. Lo refrescante que es en este panorama de creadores que parecen no encontrar otro tono para hablar de la violencia y la corrupción en México que el realismo crudo, casi documental, del que estoy tan cansado. Cautivadora, surreal, impertinente, me hizo carcajearme incluso con su final. Y aun si todo eso se origina en la novela de Juan…
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