A kid on the playground—tears streaming down his cheeks, his face beet red—loudly announcing to anyone that will hear him, “I’M NOT CRYING. I’M NOT CRYING. IT’S ACTUALLY FUNNY TO ME. I’M LAUGHING.” With that in mind, I’m actually not sure why this didn’t fucking rock. Too clean and cute and sterile? Anyway, felt dirty to like any of this, like you’re giving a firm, swift pat on the shoulder to someone who’s in full body traction. Sleeping bag bit got a laugh and a squirm out of me 👍
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La Ricotta 1963
The way Giovanni runs in the first couple scenes makes one feel like he’s perpetually at risk of falling down. Something about the gait, the shortness of his legs. Enervating. Sorry that happened. Orson is lovely.
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Nosferatu 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Why be vague and evocative when you can have a guy rocking back and forth, buck naked, in the center of a septagram? That seems to be the modus operandi here: never let a silent moment pass without talking your ear off; never let an opportunity for austerity survive without a lethal dose of maximalism. The whole film is very funny, though (intentionally). Like the Murnau original, there’s something supremely, specifically funny about Hutter refusing to turn tail despite how obviously…
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The Brutalist 2024
While not my most disliked new release of the year, it's the most frustrating by far. Maybe two or three scenes post-intermission a thought occurred to me; it didn't let up for the remainder of the film's baffling second half: "this would be fantastic if everybody just shut the fuck up RIGHT NOW."
The Brutalist's script couldn't see The Brutalist's cinematography with the Hubble Telescope. And there are several other, similar gulfs; the score (GOD!) belongs to a much better…
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