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The Worst Person in the World 2021
Brilliant. Some other people saying "oh god another movie/TV show about a woman in her 20s feeling alienated" my guy. You're right, there's a glut of those, but holy hell all the other ones can step aside for this. Reinsve is unbelievable and I'm upset that I'm only just hearing of her. The phrase "we laughed, we cried" is almost a joke but this movie has range. Every moment that fills out that spectrum of emotion holds within it the…
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First Man 2018
Probably sounds a bit trite, but I'm always going to consider it a mark of quality for a movie to be content with slowness and contemplation but have that slowness be engrossing enough to make you never want to look away. Everybody showed up here - the writing, the performances (one of Gosling's best and I've seen a fair bit of him), the shots... Real nice. Mind you, there are exciting bits too. Rockets, you know.
Re: Performances: Claire Foy?…
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Linda Linda Linda 2005
One of the all-time greats for me. Just an incredible achievement for a movie to have such "heart" without feeling even remotely saccharine or contrived. The performances are delightful, the music is great. I think portrayals of kids in movies frequently don't ring true - I spend a lot of time thinking "I've never met a kid like that and I teach 100 new students every year" - the performances here completely hit the mark. Thiiiiiis is what kids are…
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The Long Goodbye 1973
Saw at philadelphia film society as part of its "shaggy dog" series. the ending wraps itself up quite quickly, but I didn't really mind (and I normally would). Gould's character talks like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day but he's also somehow a sex symbol. I've never been to LA and am not particularly motivated to go, but I think I'd love 1973 LA. Looks awesome. The performance of the drunkard author is brilliant and heartbreaking if you let yourself think…
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