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  This Much I Know to Be True 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Feb 2023

  Even though it's the (fourth?) Nick Cave 'documentary' in less than a decade, I've yet to tire from them— This Much I know To Be True is an experience. It encapsulates this decent into minimalism Cave's had the last four years— almost nothing remains of the punk-rock singer's 80s snark— you know you're watching an artist mature, hearing Cave's voice now long into the wine/scotch/brandy route. Might sound better than ever. Despite my expectations, it's far more joyous than I…

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  Babylon 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Feb 2023

  Babylon is powered by a pulse—
  There’s a busking duo, somewhere,
  I think it’s a subway station in Toronto,
  maybe New York,
  and they riff off this colossal saxophone heartbeat,
  almost like a kick drum, thumping,
  and they loop and loop, and it works,
  because it’s dynamic, vibrant,
  edgy, active, straightforward—
  this devouring, unignorable life…
  and they only need to hit a few notes
  before sweat hits the metro’s tiles—

  Hurwitz’s hundred-minute score lives off the same pulse,
  it’s a…

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  Love Affair(s) 2020

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  The Frenchiest French film the French ever did French.

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  Ammonite 2020

  ★★½ Added 1

  I want to start this review by saying—
  *waves crashing*
  *waves*
  *more waves*
  —and then the candles—
  *waves*
  *crash crash*
  *water with subwoofer*
  —until Saoirse does—
  *waves CRASH*
  *WAVES*
  *WAVES CRASH*
  —oh would you look at that, they're—
  *WAVES WAVES WAVES*
  *CRASHING*
  —corset—
  *rocks*
  °SHORELINE SOUNDS*
  —and in conclusion, it's kinda lifeless, but the cinematography's nice.

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