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Hereditary 2018
Hereditary (2018 dir. Ari Aster) is a harrowing tale of a family who's matriarch dies and installs upon them a haunting curse so that her own spirit may be prospered and it is a crazy film to say the least.
I have to commend Ari Aster for getting such a controversial horror tale into production because not only is this film disturbing and frightening, it manifests from a primal fear of rituals and spirits which haven't been displayed so well…
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The Big Short 2015
A Witty and distressing account of the 2008 economic crisis which made me infuriated, stressed and slightly depressed. The film is incredibly easy to watch with fast pacing, witty dialogue, great characters that each stand out in their own arc. Extremely referencial in terms of explaining to the audience what things mean in simple terms which is a very fun device and alleviates the pressure to focus on what each character is saying, which is "The banks are fucking everyone…
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The Lighthouse 2019
The Lighthouse (2019) is a mesmerising tale of two lighthouse workers working on an isolated rock. The story wanders through myth and legend, bring in twist and turns as the cabin fever of these two contrasting characters turns chaotic. This film is very similar in genre to The Shining (1980), it is foremost the themes and the suspense in eeriness that draws the horror out of the story.
The interwoven tales of mythology within a seaside landscape is honestly very…
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High Life 2018
"The Sensation of moving backwards even though we are moving forwards, getting further from what's getting nearer, sometimes I just can't stand it." - Monte
Existentially haunting. Highlife (2018) is a gut punch of a science-fiction movie which explores the human condition so internally that you feel lost in its horniness and chaos. Black holes have now become a figurehead of the existential crisis humanity faces within itself and Claire Denis chooses to explore it in its most metaphysical form,…
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