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Safe 1995
This is a truly underrated film with enviable mise-en-scene. And Julianne Moore is excellent so early in her career. But an absolutely brilliant first half slows down a bit in the second half, with a few scenes that feel unnecessary to plot development. Still, it needs to be seen so much more than it has been. Excellent atmospheric film!
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Knives Out: Making a Murder 2020
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This was one of the better behind the scenes docs I have seen; so comprehensive from the beginning of the process to the end. And so invaluable to a filmmaker (and fan)! I particularly enjoyed hearing Rian’s journey of warming up to digital, and his DP’s argument for why it is important actually persuaded me as well. Hearing how much the actors resonated with the script, the scoring and sound mixing process, and the gels on the windows day-for-night tricks…
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Climax 2018
The first ever dance-induced anxiety attack film that also devolves into the most horrific nightmare I’ve ever had while awake? Yep.
Not sure if I like it or hate it right now but, either way, I respect the heck out of it for what it achieved and how it made me feel and how committed the actors were.
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Lost in Translation 2003
I’ve seen this one probably 7 times now and it never fails to move me. How do you feel longing and nostalgia for a relationship you’ve never been in? Except this movie does that. I can’t think of another film with a relationship between two characters that I so completely believe and (almost) refuse to accept is fictional. The relationship between Bob and Charlotte feels so authentic and complete, it can only be real or magic. But sometimes film is…
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