This actually does a great job approximating the vibe of a promising but ultimately disappointing creepypasta—a relatable but thinly drawn protagonist who seems incapable of taking action or making choices that progress the story, a mountain of tenuously relevant, front loaded exposition and “context”, a plot that teases interesting possibilities but immediately shuts them down and papers over the weak parts with forced surrealism. I don’t know if any of that was intentional! That Caroline Polachek song is good as hell though.
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John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
This one’s gonna be in the criterion collection some day.
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The Fly 1986
David Cronenberg's second major foray into the mainstream, and probably his most remembered film, hits all the expected notes: obsession, sexuality and the gloriously disgusting destruction of the human body. But it does so softly and with a great sense of compromise. I find Cronenberg at his best when he's leaning full bore into perversity, and The Fly--while perfectly happy grossing out its audience with characteristically amazing practical effects--often shies away from the most demented possibilities. There's no way there…
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Vampire's Kiss 1988
This is what it was like working in an office before HR departments existed.
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