Sara McHenry

Sara McHenry

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  • The Work

    ★★★★½

  • Personal Shopper

    ★★★★

  • I, Tonya

    ★★★½

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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  • The Work

    The Work

    ★★★★½

    Once a week, convicts at Folsom Prison meet in the prison chapel for group therapy sessions. Twice a year, members of the general public are invited to join them for an intensive, four-day session. The Work is a documentary that follows one such session.

    The thing I was struck by over and over, watching The Work, is that it feels like something I shouldn’t be seeing. The cameras don’t seem to exist for these men, who come ready to lay…

  • Personal Shopper

    Personal Shopper

    ★★★★

    There's a moment in the first third of Personal Shopper where Kristen Stewart's character, Maureen, is trying to get her boss's attention. Her boss, Kyra, a glamorous and wealthy model, employs Maureen to buy and rent her clothing for her many appearances at fashion events around the world. We see Maureen going to clothing boutiques, jewelry stores, dropping things off in Kyra's closet, negotiating with sellers. She rented some leather pants, and now she needs to return them, but Kyra…

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  • The King of Comedy

    The King of Comedy

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Ginger Snaps

    Ginger Snaps

    ★★★★½

    I loved this movie even more the second time. It's been a few days so here are some unconnected thoughts:

    I love the overt linking of becoming a werewolf with puberty: the blood, the body aches, the new hair. The feeling that your body is betraying you in new horrific ways that you can't escape. And the emotional confusion: do I want to have sex with boys or do I want to kill and eat them? Ginger is both afraid…