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Babylon 2022
An opulent ode to the history of film, Babylon highlights and satirizes the dark sides of the industry’s past, but in doing so, it becomes a clumsy, chaotic mishmash of ideas from Damien Chazelle.
Welcome to Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench with some Wes Anderson meets The Wolf of Wall Street with a sprinkle of Tarantino. Can I even say that? It makes no sense, but that’s exactly how I felt after watching this chaotic film. Everything is…
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First Man 2018
A vast departure from his first three directorial credits, Damien Chazelle’s First Man tells a captivating story that is incidentally about the man who first set foot on the moon—but is really more focused on how grief and sacrifice wove their way into this monumental historical moment. I think the absence of Chazelle as a writer is the biggest reason this film feels so different from his previous work.
Going into this film, I really didn’t know that much about…
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Anora 2024
As one of my dearest friends once wrote: “Sean Baker enthusiasts, it’s our time to shine.” After recently watching The Florida Project, I was blown away by Baker’s ability to inject so much humor into such heavy storylines and themes. I find his style so far to be unparalleled. He is definitely 2/2 in my book and has left me wanting more. In many ways I find this to be a more modern take on the “Pretty Woman” story. And…
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The Graduate 1967
Benjamin Braddock faces the million dollar question we all face someday: “What do you want to do with your life?” While accomplished and with the world seemingly his oyster, he just has that indescribable feeling of emptiness and dread for what is next to come.
While I personally have been lucky to not have to think about what would come next in the steps for my career, I imagine family and friends who have faced this beast. And I can…
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