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  Shallow Grave 1994

  Watched 05 Mar 2023

  My husband had thoroughly underprepared me for
  1) the fact that this is a horror film
  2) baby Ewan MacGregor in truly stunning drag
  3) even more baby Christopher Eccleston never dressed in clothing less than 3x his size

  What a tense, upsetting and unsettling film, made more so by the fact that I intensely desire that flat. That kitchen. That view!! Made me fiercely homesick for Glasgow.

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  The Menu 2022

  Watched 11 Feb 2023

  I enjoyed this! Films about artists responding to critics and consumers insulate themselves against criticism at least inasmuch as they make one self-conscious in one's response to the artwork, but whatever, I'm going there and saying there was an Ingredient Missing, something lacking to make the whole come together. It felt pulled in two directions -- class warfare on the one, deranged revenge on the other -- and they worked against each other. Cooking is such an intimate endeavour, and…

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