Eternal cinephilettante. Queer flâneur. Midwestern/Midatlantic. Children’s librarian.
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Sorry to Bother You 2018
Boots Riley answers the question, “What would leftist agitprop look like if it bothered to be persuasive and entertaining to people who don’t give a fuck about theory?”
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Love, Simon 2018
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I envy the experienced and jaded gays who can walk away from Love, Simon bored.
If you came out to the world as a teenager and have lived your life in a free narrative paradigm for all the time since and yawned at the lack of penetration in Call Me By Your Name and think PG-13 sentimentality isn’t necessary for the youth, I envy your life.
I also don’t because I have contempt for the cynicism and irony you throw toward…
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Paddington 2 2017
Imagine if Wes Anderson made films about GOOD, SAINTLY BEAR-CHILDREN yet untwinged with the sorrowful knowledge that cinematic language is a lie.
This film is a return to Eden, sticky-pawed with goodness.
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