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  Yumeji 1991

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Dec 2024

  Fun fact: when you play this movie at 4x speed, it turns into a silent-era slapstick comedy.

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  Andrei Rublev 1966

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Dec 2024

  War and Christ. Black hoods and horses, also.

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  Fresh off Markham 2024

  ★★★ Watched 16 Nov 2024

  This feels like a student project.

  3 stars for the very ambitious themes of labour / race / exploitation / (im)migration in Canada. 1.5 stars otherwise.

  The 3 stories are structured to take the audience through different perspectives on labour / exploitation - the story of the: migrant worker; gig worker; capitalist / bourgeois / owner. If you live in Toronto / GTA, and probably the rest of Canada, these themes should be important to you. This exploitation is EVERYWHERE.…

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  The Substance 2024

  ★ Watched 21 Sep 2024

  Incredible. Disgusting. I hated it, but that's the power of art to make me feel so strongly about this film. Fantastic product design / branding. Loved the unique blend of 1980s and 2020s technology / style / design / culture. Very interesting blend of eras / decades that helped subconsciously bridge time / age. Sound design was incredible, and a big reason why I had such an awful time watching this. Special effects were great, and also campy at times - which was also great. Awful movie. Great work.

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