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The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
i had a main character moment yesterday at this bookshop when i got tempted into getting troubles (1970) (a depiction of the war from the inside of a once majestic, now disintegrating hotel i.e. the only book genre) and what happened first in banshees was colin farrell strolling around to folk music in my own native language, sheep and rainbows in the background and all. it was the realest thing! just overwhelmingly best motion picture - musical or comedy material.…
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Moonage Daydream 2022
now that's something i wish i had made. a scrapbook of his life and work for the big screen with the sweet ephemeral quality of bath bombs and cotton candy — it glittered, it gleamed, it dazzled, it went by in the blink of an eye. the key to its language is strategically placed right in the middle (after he had just escaped from hollywood and embraced berlin) as he was describing his work with brian eno — they were…
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Withnail & I 1987
no no nobody look at me but i ghostwrote the dialogue of this filmé about two hungover doctor who cosplayers playing irl settlers of catan, and i edited this in: “here’s looking at you kid. we’ll always have the dreary english countryside”
i wish it was a flawless story (i always suspected that about zeffirelli but damn) but it’s one that is told so candidly and unpretentiously, under no illusion that the past was romantic or nostalgic in any way…
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Happy-Go-Lucky 2008
as i suspected, this film is one half of Poppy and Johnny Go Boating and an anti-amélie in every way; and most importantly, a film about teaching! i’m lorraine bracco’s dr. melfi in the sopranos kind of teacher, while a colleague and close friend of mine is poppy - it's a personality type that kids respond incredibly well to and it's perfectly believable, complex and not necessarily gentle. sally hawkins's effortless, unteachable charm is just like…
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