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All About Lily Chou-Chou 2001
when rhythm is the narrative engine that bonds the woes of teenagers with the familiar melancholic mutual understanding of artistry, the extreme ends of the spectrum revolving around parasocial, vulnerable feelings coincide into an agonizing, glacial but sincere flow of sequences. Throughout most of Shunji Iwai’s seminal work, we see the film tackle the great challenge of showing internalized emotions, in all their disjointed and contradictory ways.
Humor is not lost on Iwai, knowing when to spark tragedy and comedy…
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Panic Room 2002
not sure if it was the drugs talking or what but this was some of the most thrilling, inventive, home-invasion scenarios I’ve seen in a while. Fincher fully hones in on Hitchcock and spins it into a monster movie by the end in a seamless, slick transition. Had a few eye rolls from me, namely from Koepp’s attempts at obvious interconnected monologues about Foster’s repressed marital feelings, and unsurprisingly Jared Leto. It’s at its best when it leans into the genre, not caring about how it plays realistically but cinematically.
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Black God, White Devil 1964
Myth-makers and devoted fanatics. Glauber Rochas’s anti-establishment surrealist western hybrid stands among Brazil’s cinema novo movement, pioneering a wave of film quite daunting, and adhering to working-class sentiments. Understanding that hunger within society was a symptom of the larger, impenetrable essences of fascism.
The lands are filled with self-aggrandizing leaders stuck in purgatory alongside the people who often have no choice but to follow. Rocha’s camera is fixated on one disciple, Manoel, whose treacherous journey puts him into camps following…
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The Sky Is Everywhere 2022
I couldn’t even finish this, shit felt like an old navy commercial lmao
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Charli XCX: Alone Together 2021
listen I love Charli but goddamn this was the laziest shit I’ve ever seen.
no wonder it’s on Hulu.
