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Mickey 17 2025
This film was work to watch. Working with such a juicy concept, I was expecting to be thrilled, to laugh more, to nod in agreement more. It is such an about-face of capitalism and populism that its critique loses its bite. I hate to say it, but this movie is not very clever.
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A Real Pain 2024
Is “sappy” the mixture of “sad” and “happy”? Is that how that word came to be? Well, A Real Pain manages to be very sad while also being happy without being too sappy. It’s earnest and very enveloping.
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Old Joy 2006
Kurt’s mesmerizing streams of consciousness in Old Joy share just enough specificity to be at once accessible and vague enough to allow room for our inclusion in his appreciation and longing. “Old Joy”, as a title, suggests this vibe, and accomplishes with restraint and sincerity a melancholy which seems it must be totally unique, except for how relatable it is.
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