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Babygirl 2024
Surprisingly funny. Harris Dickinson’s American accent was so impressive. Good pace and sound design + score.
The fleeting mention of Nicole’s character growing up in a cult/commune was great in that it didn’t overshadow everything else but also felt like a bit of a scapegoat.
Loved that it centred on sex and seduction but didn’t need to overindulge in visuals and nudity to deliver.
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The Zone of Interest 2023
Incredibly sunny and bright, if maybe overexposed, delivers such impact in contrast to the night scenes and fade-outs. Really impressed by how they used absence/sparing degrees of visuals. Christian Friedel plays the cold villain so well, even in/when surrounded by lush and idyllic homestead scenes.
The gardening scene and Claus hissing were perhaps the worst.
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May December 2023
Films without subtitles are tiring. Such an interesting concept - story and film both, of course, but only after learning this was based on true events did it actually interest me - the shock factor is (of course) so powerful. Close-up, high-definition shots of caterpillars and butterflies were NOT my favourite. Ending was not great.
Joe/Charles plays into timidity and a reserved personality well, it’s super interesting to see him play an older man (36) - a dad to teenagers,…
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Moulin Rouge! 2001
Nicole Kidman is perfect, Mimi is perfect, Toulouse is perfect, even the evil Maharaja is perfect. The elephant suite scenes are so ridiculously fun, the tango and (terrifying) chase scenes are so intense and suspenseful, and the choreography of it all is so fluid and full. Moments that have bothered me every time I’ve watched and loved in the past: Satine’s yips before the dance scene, Christian’s first sob(s) at the end, the fact that the Duke’s bodyguard looks like…
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