Sophie Lyons

Sophie Lyons

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  • Frances Ha

    ★★★½

  • Blue Velvet

    ★★★★½

  • Paris, Texas

    ★★★★★

  • Requiem for a Dream

    ★½

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  • Frances Ha

    Frances Ha

    ★★★½

    "It's that thing when you're with someone, and you love them and they know it, and they love you and you know it... but it's a party... and you're both talking to other people, and you're laughing and shining... and you look across the room and catch each other's eyes... but - but not because you're possessive, or it's precisely sexual... but because... that is your person in this life. And it's funny and sad, but only because this life…

  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

    ★★★★½

    This was my first David Lynch film—In a sick and twisted way, it’s settled to feel very comforting to me. Really excited to watch this again without my palms sweating in suspense.

    —Jeffrey’s earring was on payroll
    —the red carpet in Dorthy’s apartment is incredible
    —Generational trauma and erotic fantasies
    —Nosferatu’s Ellen is Jeffrey’s evil twin sister

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    I want to give you a zero, but that’s not possible—so I give you… a one.

    Incredibly lazy and uninspiring. This film force-fed me shock value I never ordered. Nothing revolutionary—just disorienting for the sake of it. I’ve really hit my limit on this recycled definition of “camp” that’s running rampant in the Zeitgeist. WE GET IT.

    For some perspective—Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall provided far more tension (that wasn’t in the form of a headache) and provocation. The peak stimulation…