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Babygirl 2024
I'm seeing a lot of men on here give the movie a bad review, saying it's not actually that sexy. I hate to break it to y'all, but ... that's what Antonio Banderas' character would say.
This was a ride. I was prepared for something provocative and fun, but Babygirl's emotional depth took me by surprise. It's a vulnerable exploration of kink, shame, power and the thing that girdles it all: sex.
In a genre where sex is usually used…
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Queer 2024
Luca Guadagnino is a charlatan. He has convinced us all that he is making some of the most salient queer films of the 21st century when, in reality he specializes in farce — in stylish, fluffed-up, sub-par facsimiles of Brokeback Mountain (a movie that is 20 years old).
There is something about his depiction of gay men that feels so … outdated? So rooted in voyeuristic, sensationalist tabooism. Yes, men have sex with men. Get over it, and make them…
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Seedpeople 1992
A seminal film.
Unserious and even bold in it’s creative suppositions: What if alien plants quietly descended upon Earth? What if they could take over our bodies? What if they did so in a way that can only be described as bukkake-esque.
Sure, the film’s roughshod execution means it fails to muster much fear or awe or even disgust. Sure, it completely rips off Body Snatchers and a bit of Alien. Yet, dare I say the botanical vengeance subgenre owes something to Seedpeople.
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