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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992
David Lynch's ability to blend a realistic portrayal of unseen abuse within a family household alongside surreal, unsettling storytelling combine each other perfectly throughout Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. There are so much depth communicated in every scene, often doing so in subtle, abstract ways that requires careful attention from the viewer. One way he achieves this is by showing us that we should not observe the film in a similar fashion to how Sam Stanley repeatedly viewed certain aspects…
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Mysterious Skin 2004
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Mysterious Skin was a film that had been waiting on my watchlist for years. Its reputation as a masterpiece you will only want to see once has created a certain tension surrounding it. The mystery around it only added to that tension. Outside of knowing that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet & Michelle Trachtenberg (RIP), and its shoegaze soundtrack I knew nothing about the movie. I can now understand that its reputation is well-earned. The devastation I felt and experienced still echoes…
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Longlegs 2024
During part one film Special Agent Lee Harker had reminded me of an awkward, quirky version of Dale Cooper. And I LOVED IT. The setup made me excited as to where the film would go. There was intrigue in deciphered Longleg’s code, uncovering satanic algorithms, and the overall anticipation of who Longlegs was and what his motivations could be. I thought I’d be hooked. But most of these pieces except for its cinematography quickly fell by the wayside and the…
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Monster 2023
There is an immense loss of understanding when a single perspective is extrapolated as the whole truth. This absence of complete context compounds with the reliance of using preconceived notions that distorts our capacity to recognize a person’s humanity, creating the perception that someone, sometimes even ourselves, is not human, a “monster”. The film explores the subsequent rippling effect this distortion creates throughout its intricate storyline, providing a thoughtful examination of the nature of truth and the myriad of reasons…
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