Nice to rewatch this, especially with Laura after our time in Tokyo. So wonderful to re-live (from a far) the vibrant Japanese culture. Onsen, Highball, Vending Machines, Shrines, Tokyo Tower, Ramen, Sumo, Baseball, Analog Music and Totos! Love how well this film illustrates beauty in simplicity. An observation of little rituals that compound into a meaningful life (both waking and dreaming.)
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Nickel Boys 2024
Wow. An unflinching powerhouse of a film. A bold point of view experience about the atrocities, suppression and murder of young African Americans in the 1960’s Nickel Academy.
Both beautiful and brutal, this visceral film can be felt in your bones. A heartbreaking story that could only be told by a director who carries the burden of intergenerational trauma. A visionary who seeks to shock, inform, heal. Thank you for being so brave, this is important art.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
I literally laugh at every Ralph Fiennes line in the film, this is the best performance of his career! I feel like this was the last great Wes Anderson film and the end of an absolutely epic run.
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