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  • School of Rock
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Grease
  • The Act of Killing

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • The Time Traveler's Wife

    ★★

  • The French Connection

    ★★½

  • Novocaine

    ★★★

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  • Angel

    Angel

    ★★★½

    I watched this for the absolutely insane premise and was not ready for it to live up to its wholesome reputation based on the popular reviews, but it certainly did. Angel's found family are all great and there is a shocking amount of sensitivity in the portrayal of sex workers for an 80s film. There is a fair amount of unnecessary nudity but I still overall enjoyed this much more than expected. It was more of a crime thriller than a horror but the serial killer scenes were sufficiently creepy. I will never look at a raw egg the same way again.

    Hooptober XI

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

    ★★★★

    This was very slow but I actually liked it for once. An intimate look at a man named Hirayama’s life and the people surrounding him, all while deftly showing a tender look at loneliness from several perspectives. I liked everyone’s performances and the snappy dialogue. I also think it’s an interesting inversion of a typical romance story, barely focusing on the “protagonists” (Michiko and her unnamed suitor) and instead painting a full slice of life picture of the characters affected by her absence.

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★

    Sharp script and swift plot beats with stellar performances from all, but particularly Fassbender. Surprising depth and nuance for the ensemble given the tight runtime (I specifically enjoyed the dinner and polygraph scenes). Good cinematography for such a dialogue-driven film and banging soundtrack. Quite enjoyed this one, very impressed.

    Watched in theaters

  • The Time Traveler's Wife

    The Time Traveler's Wife

    ★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • Audition

    Audition

    ★★★★

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

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