Lynch brushes the left brain aside, displaying for all to see the tonality and rhythm of becoming a parent, and being utterly horrified by the tiny monster growing in your house. He understands that film can convey the logic of a dream as other mediums struggle against the weight of contrivance. Eraserhead is a really fucked up dream with an against all the odds, pretty cute baby.
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Twin Peaks: The Return 2017
The return is an exercise in disillusionment, denial of catharsis and a commentary on the rapid degradation of American society. If the 90s original run was cherry pie small town Americana m, hiding its darker themes and ideas underneath that, The Return is about as modern a creation as could be. Visually much more washed out than the vibrancy of its predecessor, it is also much grimmer - our faves are fragmented across the country, community broken, separated by time…
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The Worst Person in the World 2021
I haven’t hated a film like this for a long time.
Liberal cringe politics to the absolute highest degree, careening between complaints about “being cancelled” to “should I want to give a blowjob as a feminist?”. This is the level of utter nonsense and drivel we are talking about here.
The main character is an awful narcissistic mess that is so unenjoyable to watch. She is just awful. The film also pulls a cancer storyline out of its ass that…
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A Real Pain 2024
A beautifully subtle piece of work meditating on what it means to love and be loved, to feel pain and numb oneself to it, and coping with histories of pain and suffering. I related very strongly to David, as a man who often shuts down his pain and “deals” with it, it can be difficult to feel ala Benji. David (and I) are jealous of Benjis, who authentically feel, but a real pain is a smart enough movie to know…
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