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  Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  Having watched Séance before this, we expected quite a few of the story beats to go in a different direction. Tense and gripping throughout, Seance on a Wet Afternoon is built around two powerful and distinctly pitched performances. Kim Stanley is a steamroller, and we couldn’t believe how far she was willing to go. Attenborough is superb as a self-abnegating mouse until he adds some complexity as we round into the home stretch.

  Probably not an easy watch if you have a…

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  Queer 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Dec 2024

  Perhaps I only feel like this because we read the novel prior to our screening, but I don’t know if I’ve encountered an adaptation that tried to put as much from the page (and beyond) onto the screen. My favorite was the “ectoplasmic fingers.” Craig also beautifully brings to life Lee’s awful first greeting. Most of the anachronistic songs kept me distanced, yet “Come as You Are” oddly worked in the first look between Lee and Gene. There’s a lot…

Popular reviews

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  The Suicide 1978

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Aug 2018 2

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  To think that Todd Haynes was only 16 when he wrote and directed this surreal after school nightmare. Middle school was rough.

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  Pak Bueng on Fire 1987

  ★★★½ Watched 09 May 2023

  Hopefully more people will watch this solid short with a delightfully crackly transfer and wonderful 80s colors. With stories that are underrepresented in the film canon and the popular culture landscape, it’s always refreshing to be reminded that people have been asserting their place for longer than we know. I’m glad to have seen this, and I frankly wish I could see more of the lives of these characters. Such is the struggle with a short.