I rarely find films unbearable, but this one came very close. Yes, the gore is nice and the practical effects are (mostly) well made, but the rest is so obnoxiously wannabe trashy that it worked on my nerves very quickly.
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To Laugh, to Sing, Perchance to Cry 2024
Another fantastic entry in the charming microcosm of director Marc Ferrer with fabric instead of wallpapers, bautifully wooden acting, musical numbers, loads of Fassbinder references ("No one can live without Fassbinder"), umbrellas when it's clearly not raining, sketchy queer bars, the word pelicula mentioned at least twenty times, a whole subplot about poppers, an editing mistake (for a split second you can see an error message), and a queer friend group that sticks together. But the highlight is a scene…
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Close 2022
The more I think about this, the more I dislike it. What starts as a tender (but still quite superficial) story about friendship between boys quickly derails and becomes a manipulative and pointless tearjerker. There is not a single point made, it feels meandering for too long, we just watch people who are not doing well, combined with lots of violins and your classic last shot of the main character looking into the distance. I have to mention the actors though, especially Eden Dambrine and Émilie Dequenne give very subtle and pure performances.
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Axiom 2022
One of the few times I actually felt physical discomfort while watching a film. Especially the first third is very painful to watch. You see Julius getting entangled in his alternative reality, just pulling it through because he doesn't have a choice anymore. As the story goes on the sense of reality dissolves - I was in doubt the whole time about what was true and what not.
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