I love when comedy is an entry point for something sincere and tender. “A Real Pain” pays tribute to the historical pain that Benji and David’s Grandmother faced during WWII, but also their interpersonal and personal pain as cousins, and as two people who are very different but ultimately love each other very much. Even if they don’t always understand each other. And all of this is laid very bare through the trip they take to honor their grandmother’s recent passing in Poland. The movie beautifully reckons with what it means to try to find happiness or even peace, in the face of inevitable sorrow.
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Something Borrowed 2011
when they ask you about love and you tell them about waiting.
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The Boy and the Heron 2023
This reminds me of the quote “but we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever”. So much of this movie, once you peel back the layers of beautiful and surreal imagery, is about knowing when to stay and when to leave. At the end of the day, it’s about who we look for at the end of the world. Time isn’t linear, and love perseveres. Grief is a receipt that we get when we love deeply and truly.…
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Past Lives 2023
fate and choice. fate and choice. the two flirt with each other in this movie in a way that is devastating. the strings that tie the love interests together are convoluted and messy. caught in a love triangle, the 3 main characters devastaste each other over and over again. and they save each other too. sometimes we dream in languages the people we love can’t understand, but those dreams can be learned with care and intention. when you meet someone…
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