oristory

oristory

Studio Ghibli girl in a Bong Joon-ho world

Favorite films

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • The Fall
  • Perfect Days

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  • Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874

    ★★★

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★★½

  • Penalty Loop

    ★★★

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★★½

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  • Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874

    Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874

    ★★★

    my apologies Berthe Morisot, I wasn’t familiar with your game (where was Cassatt though?)

    For peak enjoyment, watch with red wine and three little old ladies behind you, huffing in amusement. Some clunky transitions took me out of it, but I liked how they recreated the Salon and delved into the Franco-Prussian War to contextualize that first show, whilst destabilizing popular perceptions of Impressionism. And from now on, I’ll be submitting all projects with a still life of fish for a safety net.

  • The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    ★★★½

    gave me the old razzle dazzle with stunning costumes, dreamy handheld shots and some truly tremendous performances! Pam Anderson!! Jamie Lee Curtis!! Honorable mention Dave Bautista!

    the script needed another few drafts to develop characters/obvious dialogue, but yeah I was sobbing when the Miley song came on

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  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    ★★★★½

    whoever said this was a boring, all visuals, vibes and style ride is a LIAR this is a psychological horror film

    would slap in one of those movie screening/live orchestra concerts

  • Café Noir

    Café Noir

    ★★★★

    Like sitting outside van Gogh's Café Terrace at Night listening to a drunk old man ramble about heartache and it doesn't totally make sense but you can't stop listening. Highly recommend for a rainy day!

    Café Noir interweaves tales of love and loneliness in Seoul at an unhurried pace. It's essentially two 90-minute films separated by the title card, and the first act is absolutely 5-star material--hypnotic, melodramatic and mysterious--with maybe the best opening scene ever. The second act lost…