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Anora 2024
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I grew up with Disney princess fairy tales. Almost every day, I fed on stories about damsels in distress and princes on horseback magically rescuing those heroines from peril. Much like most girls from my generation, and perhaps like Anora as well...Sean Baker's latest film takes us into the world of erotic dancers, focusing on the titular Anora (though she prefers to be called Ani). Her daily life alternates between time spent at the club and time…
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Gladiator II 2024
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There once was a great movie that was Gladiator...... and then a poor copy of it was made. Ridley Scott clearly suffers from a lack of original, interesting ideas. To cure it he decided to take one of his best works and rewrite its script by changing the names of the characters. For me, a person who just rewatched the first part, the level of (to put it mildly) repetitiveness is blatant. The addition of scenes from…
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The Substance 2024
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The best film of the year so far. It literally blew my mind, allowing me to explore many layers of this painfully familiar story long after the seeing it. The director shows today's realities of women's lives in a distorting mirror, focusing on the ridiculously impossible standards that eventually even the ideal can't live up to. Seemingly more than once this subject has been covered before, but by portraying it with body horror, Coralie Fargeat has managed to…Translated from by -
Strange Darling 2023
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Somehow this film got lost in the list of upcoming premieres - its entry into theaters was sudden and surprising, as was its watching. Incredibly intricate narratively, but because of this it is also very enjoyable. The filmmaker strings the audience along, clashing them with their own expectations. At times it reminded me of a fairy tale, it was especially interesting to look at it as a reinterpretation of Little Red Riding Hood. One of this year's best…Translated from by
