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Blink Twice 2024
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Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut is...not great. Where to start? First, with the pacing. There is basically no exposition to our main characters before they all get to the private island where most of the movie takes place, which makes it utterly unbelievable how Frida and Jess end up in this predicament to begin with. From then on until about half into the movie, the script jumps ahead in an almost disjointed manner - it almost seems like several key scenes…
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I Saw the TV Glow 2024
I like the idea behind I Saw the TV Glow - a trans allegory about the dangers of denying one's true self and how it can eat away at you. However, I felt that as a movie, it wasn't really compelling. As much as it *looks* beautiful, it feels fairly thin on narrative beats, which makes the film feel more contemplative, aesthetically pleasing, than anything else. In some ways, it reminded me of experimental theater, which ironically doesn't translate on…
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The Substance 2024
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There are so many thoughts that came to my mind during and after watching The Substance - not a shocker considering it has been talked at great lengths since its Cannes debut. To start with the negative, I felt that, for lack of a better expression, the movie prioritized style over substance - it often felt like a feature length music video, in ways that sometimes made its biting commentary a bit surface level. It also didn't always seem to…
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Sisters and Neighbors! 2024
C'est un défi énorme que d'adapter au cinéma la pièce monumentale de Michel Tremblay, et malgré les nombreux embûches sur son chemin, René Richard Cyr évite la plupart des pièges dans lesquels il aurait pu tomber pour livrer un film amusant et plutôt réussi. Les numéros musicaux, généralement présentés comme des parenthèses fantaisistes dans des décors ludiques en contraste avec la réalité de la trame narrative principale, était sans doute le meilleur moyen de transposer la pièce et son adaptation…
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