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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  The sacredness of the individual and refusal to believe any being is expendable, wrapped in an entertaining beautiful package.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 08 Jan 2025

  a great look at the objectification of the self and the era of the personal brand. the modern definition of “a better self” fractionates the individual into one part performance and one part shame

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Dec 2023

  this film made me think about: 

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  this isn’t just a modern, however. some say this is what the buddha referred to as “reincarnation” - you will…

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