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The Rule of Jenny Pen 2024
They will call this a hidden gem someday. Fantastic performances and sound design. Disturbing and moving, fun and funny. It lingers too much— the dreamy sequences run ~30 seconds too long every time and the last few scenes had me checking my watch. I was surprised not to see reviews here touch on the implication that Crealey, a former employee of the assisted living facility, was terrorizing the residents long before he was one himself. I wouldn’t not pair it…
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The Universe in a Grain of Sand 2024
I was not the target audience for this film.
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Nosferatu 2024
The worm-eaten underside of Coppola’s Dracula. It’s truly incredible that Eggers managed to make this done-to-death (lol) story feel new to me. This is not a Great Film, but I definitely woke up at 3:30 AM about it!
The decision to make Count Orlok appear so human was clearly intended to “do something” but whatever that was, it didn’t. Eggers does best what Eggers does best: material culture (you can smell the tallow), multi-layered compositions, texture over color, sexual repression,…
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