triumph of queer cinema. brilliant depiction of ptsd/trauma the way that it resurfaces in one’s daily life and affects both the quotidian and the larger shapes of our psyches. ummmm..
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Five Easy Pieces 1970
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Brilliant character study of Nicholson’s Bobby Dupea, the kind of person stuck between his destructive and self-destructive impulses and a conscience that is over-developed for the life he leads. A poignant moment when he attempts to leave his catatonic-with-despair pregnant girlfriend for a weeks-long trip to visit his family (and potentially, ambiguously, perhaps for good), and he gets as far as the car before erupting in a flurry of curses and returning to ask if she’d like to join him…
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The Gentlemen 2019
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Oh, The Gentlemen. Has there ever been such an infuriating, yet mind-numbingly forgettable film? Buckle in for this one, because equal-opportunity offender Guy Ritchie is at it with a knuckle-cracking, wife-sassing, minority-bashing fervor rarely seen before.
But before I get into the 4Chan-wishes levels of across-the-board (start counting) racism, xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, classism, and (take a breath) bestiality, let me quickly deconstruct why it’s a bad film, regardless.Have you seen a gangster film? Cool, then you’ve already internalized…
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