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Disappearing Acts 2000
This movie seems to be a hybrid of the slightly elevated TV movie produced by HBO in the late 1990s and the mid-budget romantic drama quietly advocating for “you can have it all” feminism in the 1990s. On the one hand, it is formulaic and highly watchable, even in pieces. It’s also incredibly sexy from the jump. On the other hand, the film was clearly made with an intentional tone and style that indicates its (female) director’s perspective. (I’m thinking…
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Shiva Baby 2020
Shiva Baby (2018) crawled so Shiva Baby (2021) could walk so Anora (2024) could run. (Not true at all.)
The social tension had me hooked/gripped, and the soundtrack elevated it tremendously. Melamed killing it.
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Love & Basketball 2000
After some consideration, I realized I've seen this movie before. Or, at the very least, I've seen many bits and pieces over the course of many viewings because my sister loved this movie in our childhood.
On this viewing, in a single sitting, as an adult with many more life experiences, including falling in love and watching a lot more basketball, I had a tremendous experience. It is my wife's favorite movie, I think for its treatment of an ambitious…
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Asteroid City 2023
A beautiful entry in the Wes Anderson oeuvre. More explicit and emotional than is typical for him, yet more distant and self-critical than ever before.
The frame story is laid out before us and is self-referential. Further, it exposes the creative process and all the artist’s insecurities during creation. The emotions are raw but delivered plainly, succinctly, and monotonously. Everything is symmetrical and/or pan shots and/or dolly shots, to the point where we wonder whether WA is just messing with us.
Also genuinely funny! Strange that very few people in the theater laughed at all!
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