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The Elephant Man 1980
“I was so afraid to speak.”
God, what a movie. Such aching warmth, such nuance, such sadness and alienation that is never fully resolved, fear and beauty and ego, the performance of kindness and mania of cruelty. He built his cathedral - only a model of the one outside, but perfect - and he signed it. I have never wanted to hug a fictional character more. Ugh, great, I’m gonna start crying again.
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I'm Still Here 2024
Fernanda Torres Oscar NOW
- Fascism invades the home and reshapes it. They look through your records and play foosball with your son. The men in your house are not openly violent, but they have guns, you know it, and they know you know it. You can't panic, but you can't fight back, but you can't let them do this. What can you do?
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The Substance 2024
>Most functional mother-daughter relationship
The cinematic equivalent of rubbing your face in the mud. Not subtle and it doesn’t want to be, though there is genuine empathy in the subtext. It’s a wicked parable, a grotesque farce, and a human tragedy held together by extremely clear visual language and attention to detail. I love its interest in texture, especially bulging things and meat and the concept of overstuffing: shrimp cocktail, sausage casing, raw chicken. In lesser hands this might’ve gotten…
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Pig 2021
At the end of this movie I sat in the theater for a few minutes in complete silence. My friend was sniffling and wiping away tears, while I could find nothing to say. It felt crass to say anything. It still does. There is such a weight to this film, and yet it does not drag. It's quiet. Patient. Mournful. The more I say, the less it works. Silence is key to the film, and I don't want to break…
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