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  • Time Still Turns the Pages

    ★★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★

  • Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

    ★★½

  • Saturday Night

    ★★★½

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  • Time Still Turns the Pages

    Time Still Turns the Pages

    ★★★★★

    I've come back from my letterboxd hiatus because I need to talk about this film!

    I was flying over the Pacific Ocean on my way to the Philippines at an ungodly hour. Everyone in the vicinity of me was asleep. The only light was coming from the glow of my seat screen and - my brothers and sisters in kino - I had tears rolling down my face. Shout out to China Southern Airlines for putting me on.

    The inciting…

  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★

    The guy who plays Toros needs to get a supporting actor nom just for the cellphone message reaction scene alone

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  • Rise

    Rise

    ★★★

    Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of my favorite players so I had to watch this. His story is amazing but I think the pacing of the film was too fast; it doesn't really give you time to take in the gravity of the situation.

    Production-wise it looks and feels like a TV show. The lighting is flat and there isn't any nuance in the dialogue whatsoever but eh, I don't expect "Moonlight" level quality from a Disney Plus original movie. It's…

  • Barbarian

    Barbarian

    ★★★★½

    Went into this blind and I had a great experience. I highly recommend going in blind. Don't even read the synopsis on letterboxd.

    I really appreciate Cregger (who apparently was a writer for Whitest Kids U Know?!?) writing a horror script where it does its due diligence laying the groundwork for solid characters. It's easy for writers to rely on stupidity or the excuse of "being in a high stress situation" when characters make questionable decisions, but almost every decision…