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I Saw the TV Glow 2024
Feeling a bit stunned. You know that shock you get when everything clicks and the static leaves your head, only for you to be disturbed by the silence left behind? Basically feeling that right now.
I liked World’s Fair but this was next level. The colours, the sounds and the acting seemed dragged from the depths of my childhood nightmares.
There has been discourse already about the trans themes present (which I also resonated with), but I think there is…
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The Substance 2024
Obviously with all the mixed reviews I’d heard and seen up until now I wasn’t so sure. But my god did this ramp up in just the right way! The script is tight, if a little too on the nose at times. Is it Best Screenplay at Cannes worthy? I’m not really sure. But I think Fargeat nails the premise by just going balls (or in this case boobs) to the wall with the direction. If the script is operating…
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The Correspondent 2024
Extremely glacial for one of Australia’s most captivating stories of the 2010’s. Started off favourably knowing what I know about Screen Australia funding and how a project like this would be difficult to achieve on such a low budget. But god did they stretch that flashback out. Basically it really takes all the details of Peter’s arrest and delivers them piece meal. I don’t think the filmmaker’s could trust the audience to put 1 + 1 together much less 2…
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Bob Trevino Likes It 2024
This film is a warm hug. It’s a reminder that whether you have a chosen family or a real one, everyone just wants to be appreciated and listened to, and that love can only ever be love if it’s mutual!
Can’t stress how much the cast went above and beyond to really hit you right in the heart. Leguizamo is phenomenal of course but everyone from Ferreira to Jones brings an emotionality that’s deep without being thick.
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Santosh 2024
Genuinely a great neo-noir with the tone of a classic. The more films I watch from this part of the world, the more I realise how fucked up the caste system is in modern India. The plot feels right at home with the likes of Chinatown with how bleak it gets and every new detail in the investigation adds a new sense of dread.
Shahana Goswami Is mesmerising as the titular Santosh. The minimal dialogue really afforded her the opportunity…
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Flow 2024
Gorgeous animation! For a indie studio to even come close to Dreamworks using freely available software should be applauded. Loved what the director said about the reflections representing both the fear of water and the fear of forming a team. I think it also signifies the importance other people (or other animals) play in our perception of ourselves. The cat starts with her own reflection, paranoid and skittish, only to be joined at the end by all her friends in…
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