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Do the Right Thing 1989
What Do the Right Thing shows best is how a communities that may seem at peace are often simmering with tension that can, at any moment, burst. While inevitably you leave the film thinking about the last act, I feel I have to mention how fun the first two-thirds are. Even with the way the camera is used to get right up into the performances, it feels almost like a play: the same characters circulating in and out, with us getting…
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Saturday Night 2024
Saturday Night moves so incredibly fast. It’s jam-packed, whirling through back hallways and a huge cast like nobody’s business. I like the real-time conceit of prepping for the show, but I think within those confines, the film bites off a little more than it can chew. It waxes poetic about the changing state of entertainment in America, develops arcs for several of the lead characters, and includes cameo-esque appearances from both legendary figures and legendary sketches. I can’t help but feel…
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Y2K 2024
I get that humor is subjective, but for anyone who says that the jokes in this don’t hit… they’re lying. Not only is it loaded with jokes, but it’s surprisingly gory too, with some of the funniest kills I’ve seen in a movie. Julian Dennison does tae bo on an evil Tamagotchi. Any exposition that seems like it might be taking itself too seriously is immediately undercut with jokes. It’s predictable in the best way, a horror movie that you…
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I Saw the TV Glow 2024
In most horror movies, even when they comment on the ways in which “The real horror is XYZ thing that exists,” there’s still some external threat that’s being scary or unsettling. “Yeah, the Catholic Church is really the evil, but also here’s a freaky ass demon.” But in I Saw the TV Glow, just sitting with the real world is the horror. Sure, The Pink Opaque offers some of the most disturbing imagery, but those are just quick, if effective, glimpses.…
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