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Hard Truths 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Absolute powerhouse performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste and stellar directing from Leigh.
There is absolutely nothing redeeming about Pansy's character, she is a monster who refuses to accept the love she is offered and terrifies her husband and son. She is not the villain with a heart of gold, she is just the villain. Leigh does not shy away from this, and the first half plays out almost like a comedy where the viewer is shocked by how manic and awful…
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000
I know I'm going to get a lot of flak for this one, but Mekas really does nothing to justify the almost 5 hour runtime, and at points I thought he was actually making fun of me for watching his movie.
Let's start with the good. I like this as a concept piece and I found it very thought provoking. Mekas made a monumental love letter to nothingness, insisting that life is what happens in between the things that happen.…
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Total Recall 1990
This masterpiece of the non-horny Verhoeven canon is a movie only a foreigner could have made.
Both a celebration and condemnation of American exceptionalism, Total Recall is a vision of 1980s america from someone who seemingly has never been there except in movies. Though verhoeven was reacting to our fantasy then, it feels like more of a mirror to our reality now.
Maybe I just can't help but view everything from a covid standpoint nowadays but Quaid is the American…
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