Jake Nevins

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Favorite films

  • Nashville
  • Network
  • Three Colours: Red
  • Happiness

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  • Barbie

    ★★★★½

  • Contempt

    ★★★★

  • The Fabelmans

    ★★★★★

  • M3GAN

    ★★★½

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  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★★½

    Just a delightful time at the movies! Shrewd but not cynical, berserk yet cogent. And for all that distinguishes it from Greta’s other work in tone, grandeur, and scale, I found its sense of humor comfortingly reminiscent of Lady Bird’s—i.e. all the Kens singing “Push,” or the line about Weird Barbie’s owner playing “too hard.” By and large I’m very impressed and I think we’re sort of understating the achievement here…

  • Contempt

    Contempt

    ★★★★

    I have not logged on in a while but have watched many movies. And now we’ll never know which ones. But I saw Contempt for the first time this weekend and found it beautiful and sour and vibey, and Bardot provides a sort of urtext for what we now call cunt or cuntiness..

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  • The French Dispatch

    The French Dispatch

    ★★½

    Great gowns, beautiful gowns…

  • Sound of Metal

    Sound of Metal

    ★★★½

    Truly immersive cinema! And a bit of a grueling watch, too, having spent hours and hours inside audiometric booths struggling to repeat words back to my doctor. The panic and humiliation of that experience (and hearing loss writ large) is so acutely rendered here, thanks to Riz and some terrific sound work.