I guess this is what happens when straight men try to make queer art.
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House of Hummingbird 2018
While not every idea feels like it reached as graceful of a crescendo as it could have, most of this films concepts do and there was so much about this to love. The music was great and the performances were just absolutely fantastic. The cinematography was very good as well, with each shot feeling very intentional. The settings all felt so real and lived in too, with every element on screen feeling like it was carefully placed yet at the…
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Emilia Pérez 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Obviously trans representation in film is massively important, and LGBTQ+ stories are some of the best stories being told at the moment.
But this, whatever this is, is so not it.
There's so much about this film that was just god awful. It's reductive. The music was badly written and poorly performed. The characters are thin, flat, and totally lifeless.
I'm also really confused too because...am I supposed to be rooting for Emilia? By the end of the film she's…
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Dune 2021
This film manages to outperform David Lynch's 1984 version only by way of coherency and consistency, which should come as no surprise given that Villeneuve was allowed to have final cut. Hans Zimmer delivered beautifully with the score as well, perhaps the best part of this film.
But what this version fails to deliver on is style. Villeneuve's world is drab, grey, and surprisingly small in scope given the length of this film. Sure it's got flashy action sequences and…
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