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Babygirl 2024
A married and repressed, C suite female executive unleashes her inner desires for genuine pleasure with an assertive intern. She risks her marriage and even her career for the climax she's never had. That's the premise.
One could read this as an anti-feminist movie: insofar as 21st century feminism meant female empowerment in the workplace (i.e. "girlboss" feminism), this film is a salacious suggestion that even when women have it all, they really want to be put in their place.…
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Requiem for a Dream 2000
Despair. Desperation. Yes, and drugs too. But more the first two.
The double sided saving grace is Ellen Burstyn as Sara Goldfarbe. You cannot look away. Her scenes are too convincing. They are sympathetic, evocative, or either hear wrenching. (NOT an exaggeration. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar as Best Actress for a reason. A strong reason)
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Sauvage 2018
I felt deceived watching this. The premise and trailer were faithful in portraying the basics: a wayward male sex worker eeks out a living, juggling between drug use, debauchery, and longing. Those were all present.
But the emotional *depth* you'd expect from a French drama was absent. Any back story about how the protagonist wound up selling sex, why he is so careless/listless, and/or why he insists on chasing after an uninterested lover are unexplained. They're just givens foisted on…
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