I just think that this is cinema. Brett Goldstein has a question on his podcast about the Objectively Best film but it USED to be phrased as "if you had to explain Cinema to aliens, and pick a film to illustrate your point, what would you pick?" and for a long time this was my answer - because if cinema is The Empathy Machine then I think this is a really interesting example. You don't have to think it's a…

I LOVED this. For so, so many reasons. I loved the weird little voice that Robert Pattinson adopted for it - perfect character choice. I loved Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette's skin-crawling pairing. I loved the facets to Naomi Ackie's character and how they present themselves. I loved the concept and the execution and watching the veil of allegory get progressively thinner. I cried over a specific subset of characters and will every time I rewatch. The ONLY thing preventing…