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No Other Land 2024
“Somebody watches something, they're touched… and then?”
Basel Adra has seen journalists, activists, and even Tony Blair come and go through his village of Masafer Yatta. Most, perhaps well-intentioned, offer visibility, reach, validation, and sometimes action to Masafer Yatta’s plight—but only for a fleeting moment. Once they leave, once Yuval Abraham—Basel’s Israeli co-director, friend, and film subject—drives back to his home to wash the blood and dirt from his hands, because he has running water and the freedom to move…
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The Apartment 1960
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I mean, yea. Wow. Dude became a mensch through saying fuck you to society’s self perceived notion of status equaling self actualization, a fuck you to capitalism, and an even bigger fuck you to Sheldrake, peak garbage human. And Fran, breaking from the clutches of an abusive, manipulative cycle of deceit, previously blinded by the idea of being the big boss man’s wife. Both characters grounded in reality through relinquishing their pursuits of real love, and the payoff of their…
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Challengers 2024
that POV shot of Tashi’s hand caressing Art as he flashed kawaii eyes to Caetano Veloso had me so geeked. this is such a FUN and sexy and tense time. you could call so many aspects of this film over the top (its use of slow motion, POV shots, that BOOMIN score), but this is all in service (wink) to the excitement and general theatricality Luca wants to bring to this story. it’s an amazing mesh of pop and arthouse…
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