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Anora 2024
Ani is humanized when she… clings onto her being used when she knew better? Is reduced to following male commands? Really believes he loves her? Has sex with a man that wants to kiss her? It doesn’t work.
This attempt to humanize sex workers through their relationships with men, rather than in making a character that stands on her own, rings hollow. It might have been saved — during the court room in New York, or on the tarmac, when…
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Good Grief 2023
Charming performances and a beautiful setting filling the void left by incomplete writing. So true to say ‘to avoid sadness is to avoid love’. I wish it had been more clearly argued to me
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Back to Black 2024
An unforgivable misrepresentation of the greatest voice of the century. I hope Amy forgives me for sitting through this one.
The film is the exact villain it tried to portray in the paparazzi: distorting a fountain of charm in her darkest moments while scrubbing her abusers of responsibility.
I feel bad for Abela, because she tried, but she never had a chance with this script. An angel father? No original vocals? Bad tuning and overdone accents? I need to go…
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