This film wants to be Taxi Driver so bad, and it isn't. It's violence, misogyny, and racism is certainly meant to make the viewer uncomfortable, question why they're seeing what they're seeing, question why they enjoy the film regardless of these factors or maybe even because of it. The problem is simply that instead of being made by a director and writer who have some level of empathy towards others, it's made by a serial rapist, and frankly, you can…
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The Man from Earth 2007
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Wow, what a film. I've wanted to see this for a long time and knew I would like it, but it really hooked me. There were points where the second half didn't land for me, but the final 5 minutes got me right back. Good film, I understand Richard Schenkman getting the bag for the sequel but I'm just going to pretend that doesn't exist, this film on its own is perfect. Here are some notes I wrote now while…
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Spotlight 2015
What a perfect film. One of the things that this film is so good at that so few dramas are is the way it shows how people convince others to turn a blind eye to atrocity. The gentle push to give up is so smooth and so systemic, and it makes it so easy. The way that the film shows the constant waves of pressure bombarding against each individual member of Spotlight is so real and it's so empowering to…
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Hedgehog in the Fog 1975
A Year of Short Films Challenge 2025 (1/365)
That was incredible.
Amazing animation, amazing cutouts, but the thing I loved the most was the quality of the voices. They felt very like casual and raw almost, it felt like I was sitting on the floor and listening to an elder standing in front of me tell me the story in their chair in front of the fireplace. I adore folktales and I adore animal stories and I adore small animation like this and I cannot recommend this enough.
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