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After the Party 2023
Been a hot minute since NZ scripted television has felt this enveloping, willingly complex and eager to navigate moral grey areas. Performances that elevate and bring the house down. So fucking cool.
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Nosferatu 2024
Still sort of grappling with this film's desire to make this classic and expected plot seem 'logical' and remove some of the narrative inconsistancies that exist within the original. On one hand it does ground the film and builds out more depth within our characters and their dynamics with one another, but does it maybe colour in too many areas that the audience wasn't focused on anyway?
In fleshing out certain aspects of Nosferatu's outer world, does Eggers neglect some…
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Princess Protection Program 2009
A stunning allegory for the life of post assassination Jacqueline Kennedy and her struggles trying to evolve from the princess of the "Camelot" to an all american, natural, raw and real human being. It is jam packed with meaningful symbols and committed performances that will leave the viewer in an emotional wreck by the time the credits roll. Everything from her initial grief and shock of the loss of JFK, to future romantic temptations are explored, and the director takes…
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Children of God 1994
Lockdown #34
You know I'm all about those cult investigations, so seeing this pop up on Netflix out of nowhere had me intrigued.
Some of the most horrific and disturbing exploitations of its members - particularly children - I've come across or seen with this much physical and visual evidence. It's insane. Not helped by a typical self-proclaimed messianic leader whose refusal to be seen in public makes everything all the more chilling.
Fascinating to see this from a 1994…
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