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Lynch (one) 2007
"There was a thought for a long time that you had to suffer in order to create. And this is just about opposite of the truth. If you are suffering, even a little bit of suffering cuts into your creativity. In fact, the happier you are, and the more wide awake and rested you are, the better it goes. And it should be fun. So you're having fun, you're wide awake, and you've got a happiness bug going, then the ideas can flow way better, way smoother and faster, and more of them."
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Branded to Kill 1967
A cartoonish exploration of hubris and misogyny that is unbound by storytelling conventions and far too light on characterization. Still, the impressionistic, dream like set pieces and hilariously bonkers depictions of failure and ineptitude made Branded to Kill a lot of fun to watch.
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The Substance 2024
I can appreciate the sentiment behind this nasty picture. It’s an expression of the deep wounds felt by women the world over who have been roundly reduced to mere objects for ogling. The Substance expresses that wounding aggressively, cheekily, cartoonishly. Aesthetically, it’s quite effective at eliciting disgust whether through its sickening use of sound or its impressively gooey visuals. Moore and Qualley brilliantly contort their bodies with minimal dialogue, performing the reductive, clichéd approximations of what women should be: perfect, pretty and…
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Robot Dreams 2023
This film is life affirming in a way few films are. With humor and pathos, and without dialogue, it taps into love and loss with such sensitivity and love for humanity (and animals), I was tearfully in awe throughout.
After the screening, my partner and I were speechless, blowing through our entire stash of napkins at the Drafthouse to wipe away tears. When we got home, we laid on the floor, held one another, cried, and told each other how…
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