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Yi Yi 2000
“yi yi” is a film so densely packed with life that it felt nearly impossible to comprehend its scope after a single viewing. i feel like i could revisit this once a year until the day i die and still find new things to take away. it takes on questions people spend their entire lives trying to answer, making us silent observers in the lives of a family constantly at odds with these banal ruminations. it touches on so many…
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Anora 2024
i think sean baker takes the concept of “show, don’t tell” much too far in this. ani is this film’s driving force, and i sat through the entire thing anticipating some explanation for her motivations. did she really love vanya? was she allured by the idea of a lavish lifestyle? or did she just want to leave her line of work in search of a better life? the answer is definitely some combination of the three, but for a film…
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Dìdi (弟弟) 2024
this movie is literally about me!!!!!!! so much personality in both izaac wang’s performance and sean wang’s direction. i’m just out of the age range to fully connect with this, but if you just replace jkfilms with late-stage ryan higa and filthy frank, this encapsulates all the cringe-inducing moments from the most awkward stages of my life. and the emotional parts really hit, i was tearing up and feeling like i never had an original experience in my life. i…
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Longlegs 2024
the writing in this falls kind of flat. you could get a basic read of how it was gonna play out by the end of the first act but the 5 minute exposition dump near the end was the nail in the coffin. it sucks because that exposition dump was the most visually interesting part of the film but it was kinda hard to appreciate. speaking of the visuals, i was constantly annoyed with how centered the framing was most…
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