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The Night Before Christmas 1941
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And Then We Danced 2019
Reading about the making of this was even more heartbreaking than the movie.
It's about longing and poverty and stigma and tradition, and then they danced indeed 🥺
Hated the brother, except for that one lil moment I liked the brother. Mary - ease up on the ciggies girl
We still have so far to go. Don't lose hope.
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March Around the World
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The Rule of Jenny Pen 2024
Something something you either die a lion or you live long enough to see yourself become the hyena
That one shot - lasted about half a second - of his hand-drawn [redacted] was devastating 🥺
Most unsettling sound design of the year? I also really appreciated how composition was used for visual discomfort and uncertainty rather than random trick-pulling. Who needs jumpscares when you have all this other good stuff!
I love a suspense movie for weirdos - especially when…
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
Guillermo said so many wise and/or adorable things when he presented this at SFFilm tonight so I took a bunch down to share. Enjoy:
On movies for children: "When people try to homogenize narratives for kids, it's a lie. If you do that, you're just making them for fucking parents."
On Geppetto: "What if you asked for a miracle and didn't recognize it? Our lives are full of miracles that look like curses."
On being a director: "Filmmaking is an…
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Karaoke 2022
One of the most universal stories I've seen in a long time. Even though this was about a married couple in their 60s, it brought me back to the visceral, painful yearning of navigating friendship dynamics as a kid.
Everyone needs friends! Everyone longs to be seen, to be told that they matter in this world and that their dreams are valid and possible. It's tempting to orbit around 'cool' people because of their charisma, but loyalty and integrity are…
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