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Tokyo Twilight 1957
Ozu’s masterpiece, in my book. A terribly sad film about how neglect and betrayal can completely break us; some wounds never heal. A sliver of optimism at the end can, within the pattern of the film, be viewed as an act of total futility — but sometimes futility and reckless hope is all we have. So it goes.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961
Hepburn is stellar as the wounded, erratic, and incredibly charming Holly Golightly (an A-tier fictional name). We get a little less insight into Paul’s wounded bird type, but Peppard is charming and refreshingly empathetic (for a man in an Hollywood film in this era) all the same. A genuinely great piece of Hollywood romance partially stifled by a truly egregious piece of yellowface that feels like it goes above and beyond to be as racist as humanly possible. Some extra praise to Martin Basalm who plays an LA agent who is secretly a softie — whenever he was on the screen things took a half-step up.
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SPERMWORLD 2024
Aesthetically nauseating, intellectually shallow, and felt entirely contrived start to finish. A more curious documentary could’ve asked and explored more compelling questions and dug a little deeper. This ain’t that.
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A Man Escaped 1956
Completely entrancing, a moving tribute to the power of resistance and hope. Pretty much perfect.
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