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  • Stranger by the Lake

    ★★★★

  • Joyland

    ★★★½

  • The Marriage of Maria Braun

    ★★★★½

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★

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  • Stranger by the Lake

    Stranger by the Lake

    ★★★★

    I still think that ambiguous endings are cop-outs and this is nonexception. Thoroughly enjoyed almost all else about this, esp the specific timelessness of the cruising grounds, peen, the lightheartedness, comedic elements natural to public sex

  • Joyland

    Joyland

    ★★★½

    I keep returning to the question of “whose story is it?” 

    As the plot progresses we are shown more and more of Biba and Mumtaz and their own desires without Haider. These storylines are far more interesting. The opening shot implies Haider’s transformation / change (no spoilers not even for the first shot!!). At the end of the movie - what change has taken place? He is not the one in the white sheet. The movie, which seeks to tell…

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  • Phantom Thread

    Phantom Thread

    ★★★★★

    DDL is a hungry boy and so am I
    This was a good movie to watch while ill, but PHEW that dinner my eyes did widen the rumors are true.

  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    ★★★★

    Listen it’s not your typical romantic dramedy, and that’s gonna make some people made. Even WITH that knowledge, the story still subverts our expectations. And that might make you “annoyed” or “wanting more” as I heard leaving the theater. 

    But I think that’s exactly the point. After talking about it more with Nicole (ty for taking me love you) the film seems more to me a specific character study into what it’s like to be “the person who leaves.” 

    Set up…