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  • The Order

    ★★★★½

  • Saturday Night

    ★★★

  • Blue Velvet

    ★★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★½

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  • The Order

    The Order

    ★★★★½

    Unflinching approach to an ugly truth of America. Unexpectedly in the top of my list for the past year, and a wild turn for Nicholas Hoult.

  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

    ★★★★½

    First voyage into David Lynch’s filmography. Incredibly thought provoking while exploring somewhat simple themes: with the right(?) gaze, time will expose darkness at the depths of beauty and harmony. Classic- relevant today, tomorrow, and yesterday.

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  • It Ends with Us

    It Ends with Us

    Two nights ago I found myself scrolling on instagram, and the algorithm brought me to reels of delicious tacos; carnitas, lengua, al pastor, carne asada, you name it. My psyche had been infiltrated and I needed to get my hands on them. The next day my girlfriend and I stopped at Tacqueria Jalisco and my fantasy was fulfilled! It was then that she asked if I’d like to go see It Ends With Us; while not my typical drama, I…

  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★½

    What a concise way to evoke so much emotion. So many films would be more ham-fisted with an approach to these themes- particularly grief, guilt, and sadness. Almost makes me want just a little bit more, but maybe that’s the result of an auto-tuned brain, and kind of the point Jesse Eisenberg is trying to make when we’re confronted with the characters’ pain.

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