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  Night on Earth 1991

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Apr 2022

  Was excited to watch for Winona and Gena, but truthfully, their vignette was just ok. Gena was entirely restrained much unlike some of her other roles that are so superbly acted (woman under the influence!)

  Each of the four following, however were more and more delightful. Roberto Benignis irreverent performance had me in stitches—bleating out laughter like his beloved sheep.

  For the final ride in Helsinki, an entirely idiosyncratic Kaurismäki moment complete with regular Kaurismäki player Matti Pellonpää, you can…

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  Weekend 2011

  ★★★ Watched 30 Dec 2019

  Honestly so real in the sense that you might fall in love way too easily because you’re a dumb idiot, but stop giving the gays carte blanche with melodrama. Like no, some chance weekend is not going to change your life. Manic pixie dream boys do not exist.

  It’d be a lot more believable if Glen worked at H&M and was looking for “an adventure partner” and Russell was just like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m not getting any younger.

  Tbh just being cynical because my weekends typically consist of me watching criterion films alone in my apartment and eating takeout while mindlessly swiping on some dating app.

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  Mala Noche 1986

  ★★ Watched 30 Dec 2019

  Parts of this were very realistic: You’ve got white people afraid of Mexican immigrants, cops doing a shit job, and a white guy objectifying minorities. I don’t blame van sant, but Walt Curtis seems like he kinda sucks. Leave it to Portland to commemorate Curtis with a week named after him.

  From the exploits of one queer, through the lens of another, you’d think they’d try to make this a bit more palatable, but maybe that actually makes it a…

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  Black Mirror: Bandersnatch 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Jan 2019 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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