Josh Newby

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“I still don't understand the play."
“Doesn't matter. Just keep telling the story."

Favorite films

  • Broadcast News
  • Margaret
  • Contact
  • Speed

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  • A Perfect World

    ★★★★

  • Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

    ★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★

  • The Night Of

    ★★★½

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  • A Perfect World

    A Perfect World

    ★★★★

    Reminded me of this poem by Maggie Smith:

    The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that's a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children.
    For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
    For every loved child, a child broken, bagged, sunk in a lake. 
    Life is short and the world is at least half terrible, and for every kind stranger, there is one who would break you, though I keep this from my…

  • Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

    Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

    ★★

    The entire action genre has been subsumed into the Marvel and Fast & Furious franchises over the past two decades. Other than John Wick, Den of Thieves seems to be the only actioner for adults out there right now. And they are just so fun! I’ll take 13 more of these, please.

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  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    ★★★★½

    Past Lives is less concerned, I think, with its central love story, and more interested in the stories we tell ourselves about how love should be. I pretty much never cry in movies, but this wrecked me.

  • Top Gun: Maverick

    Top Gun: Maverick

    ★★★★

    “Don’t think; just do,” I say to myself driving home in my Prius

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