This is a dumb movie. Anyone who claims that it "weaponizes misogynist tropes to neo-feminist ends" needs to explain to me exactly who is targeted by that weapon. Because as far as I can tell, it is being pointed directly and repeatedly at the rear end of its star.
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Red Rocket 2021
In the wake of Anora's Oscar sweep, I hear a lot of talk about how Sean Baker is "obsessed" with sex workers. No, he's obsessed with capitalism and the labor it requires to get by. Sex work in his movies is work work, and anyone who imagines the work they do doesn't involve tailoring their attractiveness and attuning their pleasures to the requirements of the gig is fooling themselves.
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
So, let me make sure I'm getting all this.
Go ahead.
Pinocchio is Jesus with a respawn timer?
Right.
You mean Jesus metaphorically?
No, he's literally on a cross.
And a respawn timer.
Yeah, every time he dies, he has to hang out with poker-playing rabbits and Tilda Swinton, but longer each time.
Tilda Swinton wouldn't be a bad hang.
For sure.
And Pinocchio's against the fascists?
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