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  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    ★★★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Flow

    ★★★½

  • Wicked

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  • Lust, Caution

    Lust, Caution

    ★★★★½

    Incredible climax to the first act.
    The climax of the second is what makes some people hate this film.

  • The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★

    Creative and loaded with potential metaphors (but are they cynical metaphors). Unfortunately not too coherent.

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  • Her

    Her

    ★★★★½

    I feel no shame starting this review by talking about the urbanist world-building that goes on in the background of this film. It's the only reason the film can exist with such an optimistic tone.

    We're presented with a truly urbanized Los Angeles, where a functional and utilized public transit system traverses densely developed highrises. It's a bit of a pastel vision of Corbusier. We see people (well-earning upper middle class) in public spaces, we see them at work, and…

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