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  Babygirl 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 01 Jan 2025

  "Sex transcends class; sex overrules morality; sex exhausts character and psychology; sex, as humanity has immemorially known, even breaches the division between life and death." regarding D.H. Lawrence's writing

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 31 Dec 2024

  Might have been more interesting if Pete Seger were the protagonist...? Anyway, they chose a side, a mythical and grand side of Bob Dylan that is ultimately a look inside a blank box. Blowin' in the Wind and Times they are a changin' are exquisite scaffolding summoning the youth of 1964 to dream bigger--just what was needed. Specifics like Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol or Only a Pawn in Their Game would have thrown off the balance. And Timmy just wouldn't have been able to pull off To Ramona. I'm sorry. All in all, it commits few sins and is a fun time at the movies!!

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  Tell No One 2006

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 May 2020 2

  Best use of a U2 song ever. How'd they get the rights? Every scene opens with a surprising visual element. Wonderful characterization through small moments. Hardly any fat on any part of this. An amazing example of the effectiveness of practical stunts. Great craftsmanship all around. Beautiful gold colors

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  Crossing Delancey 1988

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Nov 2021

  Is this the best romcom ever? Why isn't this a way bigger deal?

  When the elevator is closing on Sam and she says I want to get it right and he softens just 3% or whatever...amazing. So bold, smart, funny, and romantic. Sick NYC stuff everywhere. Never leans on high jinx.

  Every scene manages a whip smart middle-way through. Instead of confronting the shoplifter, she re-shoplifts the book.

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