A fascinating "live action-animated" microbudget film from director Joe Black, "I Don't Know" showcases a tremendous leap as a visual storyteller. Although his previous films-- particularly his last three-- presented the style of a strong filmmaker, I think he previously operated more in the style of a Woody Allen, whose films are primarily screenplay and character driven. He circumvented the mistake that most indie filmmakers have made, in that he did not prioritize a vapid visual showiness or flamboyant stylizations.…
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Anora 2024
Modern cinephilia reaches a new low with the unanimous adulation of Anora, Sean Baker's profoundly celebrated piece of derivative schlock. Regardless of where you stand on the film, it's impossible to deny from the trailer alone that the film is a knockoff of Pretty Woman as filtered through the lens of the Safdie Bros. tense aesthetic. What stunned me through the duration of the film is not only how poorly it compares to its influential counterparts in execution, but how…
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 2022
A nihilistic "children's" film engineered for a hyper-ironic sect of pre-teens/ manbabies who have grown up devoid of wonder, being forced to normalize the bleakest possible notion of death due to an incomprehensible onslaught of school shootings. Imagine the lamest "that just happened!" style jokes from Everything Everywhere All at Once... delivered EVERY OTHER LINE of this film. What exactly is this vile film's repulsive perspective? It opens with an oddly forced line reading of "this is a fairy tale",…
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The Curse 2023
Spent 9 episodes desperately hoping this would stick the landing and serve as the first vital satire of modern independent filmmaking. The phoned in sociological themes (Nathan Fielder of all people meditating on the notion of ‘White Savior’ mentality amongst native Americans? Really?), the casting of a comic actor in a “serious” role, the manipulated formal tension that is purely obsessed with aesthetic execution over emotional foundation… if the punchline hit, I would have raved about this show. This had…
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