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Max

Contentious/pretentious.

.5s are weak.

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  • Before Midnight

    ★★★★★

  • Before Sunset

    ★★★★

  • Almost Famous

    ★★★★

  • Jupiter Ascending

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  • Before Midnight

    Before Midnight

    ★★★★★

    BM delivers a good impression of a romantic comedy before plunging the viewer into the cast/director's finest work in the trilogy. A jarring triumph.

  • Before Sunset

    Before Sunset

    ★★★★

    BS's somewhat jittery pace largely succeeds in sweeping the viewer up in the barely disguised desperation of its story. Dims to a perfect ending.

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  • The Party

    The Party

    ★★★★★

    A wry, perfectly paced critique of contemporary leftism wrapped up in an homage to classic cinema. Enormous fun throughout.

  • Hereditary

    Hereditary

    ★★★★

    Analogous in scope (and trope) to many all-time horror greats, H's glacial pace and shifting, creeping menace keep the viewer guessing throughout. The long run time allows for a powerful exploration of grief in a depth seldom seen within the genre, but a thematically unsteady second act ultimately brings the central guessing game of transgenerational mental-illness-or-occultism to an untimely conclusion.

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