Two days after I first experienced Coralie Fargeat's body horror bonanza The Substance, a friend of mine asked if I might be interested in attending a “Substance-themed rave” in Brooklyn. My eyes widened. Nevermind the fact that I am not a fan of raves, but Substance-themed? My friend laughed and said she wasn’t thinking of going, someone had just told her about it recently and she thought it was an interesting concept. After sitting through a movie filled with gore,…
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Bones and All 2022
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This film is fundamentally controversial, and I found myself getting very riled up reading through reviews. I knew what I was getting into when I watched it. A romance movie about cannibalism. My first thought was “what the actual fuck?” and then I realized it was directed by Luca Guadagnino, the guy responsible for Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria and I was intrigued. I knew there had to be some timely thematic metaphor in there and was ready…
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Nope 2022
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I’ve seen this movie three times now, and each time I’ve grown to love it more and more. The plot of this film fits the basic plot structure of a classic sci-fi, but I think that’s part of what makes it so strong. The story unravels to explore the subject of exploitation in numerous ways, how it can traumatize and cause history to repeat itself. The film focuses on what it means to capture a spectacle—a “bad miracle,” if you…
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White Noise 2022
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I was really excited to see this film, as I’ve enjoyed Noah Baumach’s work in the past, and of course, Greta Gerwig is in it. About twenty minutes into the film I thought I could tell where it was going. Here was someone finally utilizing the pandemic to make a big-production allegorical film. I loved all the deeply pretentious anxiety-ridden opening scenes which are extremely difficult to follow, but clearly that was the point. The film takes place during the…
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