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  • Werckmeister Harmonies
  • Yi Yi
  • Microhabitat
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  • The Florida Project

  • Before, Now & Then

    ★★★½

  • Syndromes and a Century

    ★★★★

  • Caught by the Tides

    ★★★★

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  • The Florida Project

    The Florida Project

    did vernon watch the florida project because he saw anora but couldn’t post about it, or did he go back to watch the better sean baker movie afterward?

  • Before, Now & Then

    Before, Now & Then

    ★★★½

    the story doesn’t become a didactic piece; it neither preaches nor overreaches the bounds of Nana’s possibilities. here is a woman who isn’t going to emerge from that chrysalis of wifehood to adopt a radically different identity. she isn’t going to want to do it alone. what she can do, however, is unburden herself of enough of that sense of obligation and blanket guilt she feels to see and then pursue the kind of life she wants. in her world, that is a sea change, even if to some, it is merely a ripple on the surface of a very still pond.

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  • Liz and the Blue Bird

    Liz and the Blue Bird

    ★★★★★

    a masterpiece of heart and craft. the repeating motif in movement 3 reminded me of korsakov, and it was great. the muted sounds in between built tension until the final cue. the way the music followed footsteps and small movements made it feel even more connected to the story. the contrast between the muted themes and the clear art music reflected mizore and nozomi: one holding back, the other moving forward. their instruments should blend, but they don’t. mizore’s oboe…

  • We Live in Time

    We Live in Time

    ★★★½

    i 🥰… then i… 😢

    i should’ve known andrew garfield with a blonde love interest should’ve gave it away for me

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