Sean Dolan

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writer & editor at Reelgood
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Favorite films

  • Children of Men
  • The Truman Show
  • The Shining
  • Midsommar

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  • Tangled

    ★★★½

  • Song to Song

    ★★★★

  • Holland

    ★★

  • The Assessment

    ★★★

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  • Tangled

    Tangled

    ★★★½

    Exactly what happened to me when I cut my long hair. Lantern scene did not have the right to go that hard.

  • Song to Song

    Song to Song

    ★★★★

    You can call this vapid or self-absorbed or so lost in its own meandering design and each would be a valid criticism, but Malick's ability to excavate meaning from brief moments in time is simply unmatched. Soft sunlight sifting through Texas elm trees; a father desperately attempting to connect with his daughter; the sound of passing cars as you watch your father inch closer to death; Rooney Mara's face drenched in golden hour shadows.

    These vignettes, untethered from a strict…

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  • TÁR

    TÁR

    ★★★★½

    listening to music before seeing TÁR: oh nice, cool song

    listening to music after seeing TÁR: what is music, you ask? pain. pleasure. euphoria. the bombastic beat of the bass drum is chaos, the minor chords are heartbreak, the swift stroke of the cello is love made real. music is the answer to the question you cannot ask yourself. it is the closest we will ever get to God.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    what else could you expect for the post-Oscar sweep blank check odyssey delayed by Warner Bros. multiple times for one of global cinema's most dynamic auteurs?

    it's silly, sure, I guess? it's a bit off its hinges. but it's also got tons of heart, and rather than coming off as tonally confused, this everygenre space opera manages to stick the landing. I'd accept the reservation that this is doing too much at once, but the amalgamation of romance, satire, and…

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