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  Synecdoche, New York 2008

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Jul 2024

  I cannot review this movie.

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  Happy Together 1997

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Jun 2024

  looked up the literature around this movie’s political undertones.. makes a lot of sense. The central relationship was so ostensibly awful and bereft of redeeming qualities one had to think hard for a second what really is at stake. Paradoxically the caretaking sequence shines in comparison to the rest. Then Zhang Zhen shows up and eats up every shot he’s in. 

  Ending was *chef’s kiss. Loved the ending so, so much.

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★½ Watched 23 May 2024 2

  Feels like they shot the 2nd draft of this. Jesse Plemons though. Why is this man so talented.

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  A Brighter Summer Day 1991

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Dec 2023 1

  So I got the ending accidentally ruined by a former friend who shall remain nameless. 

  While Patrick Wei is a terrible human being, he couldn’t stop Edward Yang from just cooking one of the most relentless experiences I’ve ever had in a movie theatre. There are simply too many good things happening in close proximity. From a five foot dolly simply to flex “you thought that was the frame but look at me milking this beat” to long takes that…

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