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  The Whale 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Jun 2023

  Another spectacular piece on the theme of obsession, the constant remarks to moby dick don’t go unnoticed, but it undoubtedly causes deep emotion, disgust particularly, and somehow hope?? It’s remarkable, an aggressively modern realist depiction of the wretched of the earth, although at moments obnoxiously atheistic, a minor flaw for a great piece.

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  Person to Person 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Feb 2023

  I liked it, although the hipster-millennial aesthetic nearly did, but didn't, outstay it's welcome.

  As always I'm a sucker for vaguely atemporal NYC, the story could work in any time between 1970 and 2023, which is nice, it's just about people... the aesthetics of the setting and dialogue are moreso a pleasant ornament on top of the simple stories of small scale ultimately unimportant and low-stakes stories of interpersonal drama.
  I realize now that it serves well to shift the…

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  The Banshees of Inisherin 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Jan 2023

  This film is quiet, unsettling, and miserable... Which I like!

  Yet again this director releases a spectacular piece, simple yet engaging dialogue, that flows absolutely beautifully into a bizzare yet pleasant narrative.
  Still comedic at points, although less so than most of his other pieces

  My family has spent some time in Ireland, and this movie is as Irish as it gets, which I quite appreciated, a good middle ground between the arcadian fantasy of rural Ireland and the actual…

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  French Fried Vacation 2 1979

  ★★★ Added

  Aggresively french, a perfect encapsulation of the very very french concept "Beauf".
  It's trashy and unambiguous about it
  Great display of non-pretentious frenchness.
  Although, the humour might go over the head of those who don't know such people
  "prenez un chewing gum"

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