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Lovers Rock 2020
SEEING AND BEING SEEN
steve mcqueen has crafted a perfect film.
a film with rhythm. yes it's teeming with music, but the rhythm extends beyond merely sound.
the crowd dances in sync with each other.
the camera dances in sync with the crowd.
the dialogue flows like the best spoken word poetry.a sheaf of bodies moving in tandem with one another. in a space for and accepting of them - in all their forms.
it's all there: the rituals, the excitement, the mystery, the language.
black life deserves this treatment. it deserves to be seen.
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Babygirl 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
“nobody puts baby(girl) in a corner”
the film IS the cheap hotel room scene. an expertly crafted, sumptuous, cat-and-mouse treatise on pleasure, seduction and submission. there is no need for a before or after - it’s commanding on its own, and the film spends the rest of its runtime trying to live up to it.
it never happens - the pop-inflected ‘father figure’ and club scenes are (lesser) exceptions - and loses momentum once it feels compelled to provide a…
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The Double 2013
didn’t quite vibe with this when i first watched it in 2019, but appreciated its stylistic swings / quirks a lot more on a rewatch.
it loses tempo in the second half, but the strength of the first half is enough to carry you over the line. at 86 minutes it makes sure to get in and get out cleanly.
jesse eisenberg is solid - his body language alone tells you which ‘simon’ is onscreen - and mia wasikowska adds…
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Little Fires Everywhere 2020
"i was talking about lexie."
reader, in that moment i levitated.
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