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Anora 2024
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The 90s gay kid in me really, really, REALLY wanted Demi Moore to the Oscar for Best Actress, but there really is no denying Mikey Madison's nuanced breakthrough performance in a film that wouldn't be half as good if not for her absolutely carrying it from beginning to end (I applaud Sean Baker's direction and script, the spectacular supporting cast and the frenetic pacing and editing but this really is her movie..)
She deserved the award, and on a meta…
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Casablanca 1942
I haven't seen this in over a year and it may be a while when I feel up to seeing it again (for personal reasons)...
But....I will always fondly think of this masterpiece every Valentine's day, for it is the greatest of its genre, but also thinking of it within the context of the current political climate, it's a "love story" yes but also a prime example of an anti-romance that frames its central protagonist's cynicism and selfishness against a…
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Before Sunset 2004
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Still couldn't quite decide whether I prefer this to Before Sunrise, but Julie Delpy's monologue in the car up to the ending where Celine plays her waltz and then...... Nina Simone? The final words? Yeah those last 20 minutes might have just clenched this for me......it just feels so grounded, complete, bittersweet, and more relatable than the other two films from on almost every level.....what more is to be said about one of the greatest romance films of all time? Everyone, whether in a relationship or not, owes it to themselves a gift to experience these ethereal 80 minutes.
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Sweet Smell of Success 1957
Saw this on the big screen at Charles Theatre
Probably aged well better than any Noir out there, and it is in modern days, timelier than ever. New York has never felt shadier (both in its exterior neon cityscape and the smoky, jazzy bars that our unsavory characters frequent) and more congested than as the backdrop of this film, where Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster shed any semblance of their "nice guy" personas and relish in delivering Clifford Odets' aggressively venomous, acid-laden dialogue.
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