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Mean Streets 1973
$20? Let's go to the movies!
What a fun low-stakes film. Unlike some of Marty's other character studies that start as underdogs who skyrocket towards an unsustainable goal. This starts at the bottom, bobs along the bottom for a bit before finally finishing at the bottom
It's low stakes risk for low stake people. This lack of rapid growth gives us time to spend with the people who share the world with Charlie and Johnny Boy
Charlie was such a…
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Tulpan 2008
We have as much control over the fate of our lives as dust in the wind
Tulpan follows Asa, a recently returned sailer, who's looking to start a family and begin his life as a shepherd. Despite his best efforts he can't get what he so desperately wants
Asa lives in a dream world. He imagines a fantasy life on the steppe with access to modern amenities out of touch with his traditional reality. It's a challenge to western trads…
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Nightcrawler 2014
Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is great. The physical transformation and intensity that he brings to the role is genuinely uncomfortable. I love Riz Ahmed but on a rewatch his character feels one dimensional and flat.
Lou's ruthlessness is matched only by the ruthlessness of the media empire in America. I wish they had fleshed out the other characters to make it feel more like a real world.
It was almost like how the real news had been crunched into a tiny…
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Training Day 2001
Denzel is so charming and convincing. He oozes charisma in every role he's in. Even if they are all just him - I can never fully buy his characters as separate from him as a movie star. What an awesome role for him to just cook. I think Kong might actually not have shit on him.
I was glad that this was actually an indictment of the police gangs and corruption that LAPD are known for - especially during this…
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
The stunts and violence have been dialed up even more than Fury Road and even at 80, George Miller is clearly still at the top of his game.
I enjoyed the return to emotion driven storylines rather than the wandering helper in the films following Mad Max.
Revenge twisting you into someone cruel and hard enough to survive the Wasteland was exactly the turning point Max had in the original. I thought it was great however that pity was the…
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Sisi & I 2023
Licht an. Licht aus.
How can you love someone who only loves themselves?
Countess Irma is a lady in waiting to the Austrian Empress Elisabeth (Sisi). She falls in love with this dynamic woman but finds herself always just out of step with Sisi's hot/cold affection and desires.
Despite every single character being awful, I was bizarrely drawn into this. The way the narrative built was so captivating. Unfortunately, the third act really drags despite a great final 20 minutes.…
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