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what a fucking disgusting, revolting film.
i can't help but enjoy it. it's made by a horrible person, the set experience for everyone on this film was horrific, christina ricci was only 17 here and it's definitely very creepy. the protagonist is abhorrent and unlikable, deplorable beyond belief. no one in this film is likable -- not even christina ricci's character because at some point you lose sympathy for her after all of this. she romanticizes her entire life and…
very on the nose political criticism of trump and the maga cult, easily bong's funniest film to this date while still being very refined and engaging. obvious parallels to okja just immensely better. rating still pending, could still be 5. will have to sit on.
oh, did i mention? oopsies!
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I don't get what you just did.
Honestly, neither do I.
ushering in a new era of Romanian cinema, Bogdan Mureşanu completely creates a new spin on the poli-satire genre, tackling an admittedly over-exhausted concept in the fall of socialism (except... ceausescu isn't exactly socialist) by completely reimagining it and finding a story through the eyes of the working class -- including those that serve to defend the interests of the bourgeoisie.
time and time again we've seen the fall…
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"There is still time."
Jane Schoenbrun's second feature film, I Saw The TV Glow, improves upon their first in every single possible attribute. They continue to be arguably the best director aesthetically (that scene at the school with Caroline Polachek's Starburned and Unkissed playing? Holy shit.) while perfectly encapsulating the essence and feeling of internet culture.
Many few works of art have made me feel directly seen; however, this is the exception. There's so much in here that feels so...…
