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The Virgin Suicides 1999
There's an odd levity and playfulness for such a dark story. Something in it reminds me of Heathers - the mocking of suicide, the intensity and banality of adolescent angst, the dissociated parents etc.
And there are these amazing moments when the real, childish experiences and emotions of the girls break through the story the boys tell of them as transcendental, "unfathomable" creatures
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Mona Lisa Smile 2003
I'm gayer for having watched this film and especially Maggie Gyllenhaal, which allows me to look past the strange script and messaging
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Poor Things 2023
This is a disgusting misogynistic ableist piece of garbage where a white male director Yorgos Lanthimos and white male writer Tony McNamara use the real life experiences of oppressed groups to create a voyeuristic, exploitative tale of "whimsy"
the simultaneous sexualization and infantilisation of Emma Stone's character constitutes a double whammy of 1) a caricature of disability reminiscent of the actual abuse faced by the people whose stories are exploited here and 2) a caricature of a repugnant male sexual…
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