Had never seen this for some reason but why won’t studios make these films anymore? Funny, completely and utterly fanciful and predictable. I want MORE.
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Nickel Boys 2024
The first film of the year was a difficult watch. I absolutely loved the Colson Whitehead novel (& everything Whitehead writes) but I what I watched wasn’t quite what I expected. Truthfully - I felt disorientated and confused throughout - but I guess that’s the point. For a film to so diligently take you on a journey where you feel so confused and powerless when the story is about the unyielding unfairness of racism in the US in the 60s…
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Dìdi (弟弟) 2024
If, like me, you were 17 in 2008, when this film is set - you will probably feel nostalgic and *so* old at once. The perfect coming-of-age story for a generation who came of age online. Seeing MySpace profile songs and emo music and ring tones and posters from AP on bedroom walls is essentially sad girl millennial crack. But outside of all the Motion City Soundtrack and Top 8s, it’s an incredibly sweet and honest account of what it…
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