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Her Story 2024
I feared this would be dreary or sappy. Instead, it turns on a dime from an earned tenderness to bone dry, trenchant humour. The three leads are wonderfully messy and flawed, the three men are taken down with splendid precision, and when the audience laughed, it was in that shock-of-recognition way. I also appreciated that the film took the "beautiful people in aspirational jobs" trope and made the jobs genuinely relevant to the plot -- the ex's and a certain…
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Boong 2024
From the get go, a highly entertaining show of gumption and the spirit of friendship, lovely work by the cast as a whole and the children who carry the story, and a moving introduction to the tensions and sympathies of a border community I had never seen on film before.
Hugely enjoyed at TIFF.
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Tales of Beatrix Potter 1971
It was one of the first films I remember seeing and a charmer to be returning to. Typically fleet-footed Ashton choreography is transformed by being delivered on turf by masked dancers wearing low-inseam breeches and bulky crinolines, with hands curled into mousy paws or extended with froggy fingers. The first half is low conflict (apart from a too-long and slightly horrid scene between a duck and a fox), mainly establishing the characters and the vibe of a Victorian house in…
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Supa Modo 2018
Wow. Ultimate happy tears movie. One of my family had cancer as a kid, I wonder what she’d think. Even the part of me usually skeptical about how depictions of terminal illness in movies tend to prefer fatigue and hair loss to wracking pain, delusions, and vomiting was quelled when Jo threw up once. (Wish fulfillment works for viewers too, eh?!) And that kid sure can act! The entire cast did well. 💐 for all involved!
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Bonjour Tristesse 2024
Splendidly acted: Chloë Sevigny gives a master class in line readings; Lily McInerny leads with aplomb; Claes Bang finds a heedless charm in a character who could otherwise seem calculating; Nailia Harzoune is drily comic. Beautiful costumes (chef's kiss for the dress that turns into its own cape), lovely music, scenic setting. The writing had several closely-observed comedy of manners moments (e.g., the wet bathing suit moment, remarks on reading aloud).
What held the film back was, (1) I felt…
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