Mid as a drama. Extremely disappointing politically (even more so than the book). Where is it made clear that Hughes was a committed Marxist-Leninist? Where’s the picture of everyday life in Northern Ireland, where Catholics faced violent persecution at the hands of an imperialist occupying force? Where are the centuries of history that predated Dolours but drove her entire being? Each complex thread of history collapsed into bite size reels then forgotten by the time the next episode begins. And in this…
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Wild at Heart 1990
It’s a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom
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Fatal Attraction 1987
This isn’t a review so much as a love letter to erotic thrillers and the way they’re capable of capturing moments of culture.
If you’re reading this you might know that Fatal Attraction is seen as *the* movie that kicked off the erotic thriller era (commercially, but not spiritually!), and best epitomizes the sexual zeitgeist of the mid 80s: mediocre dudes feeling threatened by women in the workplace; Reaganomics and the death of counterculture; anti-sex feminists and rightwingers joining forces…
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Josie and the Pussycats 2001
this movie is literally I swear a perfect 5 stars. a scathing cultural commentary—it fairly and brutally indicts the corporatization of the music industry, consumer culture, and maybe even capitalism more broadly. it has perfect early 00s aesthetics, parker posey doing her thing, alan cumming doing his thing, and the version of rosario dawson that would’ve never dated cory booker. it makes you feel nostalgic, fun, confused. the soundtrack slaps and I simply won’t hear otherwise. case closed 5 stars
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