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Adolescence 2025
Fuck man. Fuck. Third episode rattled me in a way few pieces of media ever have. It viscerally re-opened so many old wounds of pre-teendom, the suffocating anxieties and insecurities that spring up seemingly from nowhere as you learn the violence of gender. the feeling of learning you're more than just a "person." I don't know how they did it, but nothing about the show's portrayal rings false, when it so, so easily could have. There's a deep understanding of…
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Conclave 2024
I think the longer I sit with this, the more it'll grow on me. Very unpretentious, straightforward writing that takes its time saying exactly what it means with no metaphor or unnecessary sublety. I really liked that this wasn't a crisis of faith film, but a crisis of the church. But it's just as profound as it means to be, it succeeds in asking some very basic questions about religious purity in the face of our inherent human frailty. Can…
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I Saw the Devil 2010
One of the most brutal, miserable films I've ever seen. I'll say more about this at some point, right now I just have to recover.
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Anatomy of a Fall 2023
I'm actually not totally sure what prompts a pretty rare 5 stars from me on this, but I really find it hard to fault a single aspect of this film. I can't stop thinking about it. It manages to juggle so many nuanced, layered themes in an immaculate, realistic script that hinges on a "murder mystery" that *spoiler* is never truly solved. Hooks you with mystique, and then sucker punches you with emotion that comes together all at once in the second half. A certain intense flashback scene in the final third will be burned into my brain forever. So creative, unique, and accomplished in execution.
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