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Eephus 2024
Q&A Screening with Actor & Co-Writer Nate Fisher and Producer Amber A’lee Frost at the Kan-Kan
Quite cathartic in its delivery of the passage of time through baseball. A sport that prominently lends itself to the film medium. An existential contemplation on growing apart and learning to find comfort in inconsistencies, just like the game of baseball teaches. I love sports and narrative. The way in which individuals are able to attribute an almost myth like quality to the people and…
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Anora 2024
Sean Baker’s authentic voyeuristic immediacy of action he captures in Tangerine is displayed once again in his newest film Anora. Quite frankly, both a moving and disturbing critique on a woman’s eternal subjectivity in the realm of the male fantasy. A rug pull for the ages. Those familiar with Baker’s films know it is always coming. When the moment finally comes and Vanya disposes Ani like a piece of trash, one can’t help but feel a sense of overwhelming dread for…
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The Substance 2024
Fargeat’s inspirations are clear. Seconds, Re-animator, Requiem for a Dream, and Carrie. A bit of a Cronenberg and Docournau mixed in as well. I’d even go as far to say Twilight Zone-ish. This is, by far, one of my favorite films of the year.
A grotesque depiction of the obsessive capitalist. A persona hell-bent on perpetuating excess as a means to satisfy. Glutinous in its representation of abuse and what it has to say about body representation. It subverts its…
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