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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Gory and whimsical and sinister all at once. This horror movie made complete sense to me once I found out the director was French, and so it also makes the send-up of America's obsession with youthful women all the more pointed. Demi Moore's final transformation recalled the end of Freaks! to me.

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  Bob Morgan's Just Going to Tell Some Stories 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  A revelatory, delightful documentary about Bob Morgan's art and life. I hope this gets canonized as an essential text of Kentucky's queer history (and so queer history in general) and a much wider audience.

Popular reviews

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  MaXXXine 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Oct 2024

  Went in cold knowing very little about this series; still found a lot to enjoy here. I haven't thought about it since, but the gritty '80s aesthetic and Mia Goth's performance have lingered. Plus, a Buster Keaton-dressed creep and one-liner. I'm a sucker for it.

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  Rose Matafeo: On and On and On 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 06 Jan 2025

  I adore Rose Matafeo. Her new special just continued the reason for that adoration. Sharp, funny as hell, and with a voice not quite like anyone else.