My God, Gena. How do I - how do any of us - do this without you now? I despair at existing in a world where you do not.
Cassavetes' magnum opus of the '70s. His most ambitious, audacious, poetic work only surpassed, at the very end, by Love Streams. I was so struck this time by the realization he hammered into my heart that we must all murder our child selves. We cannot simply send them away, bid adieu,…
The most impactful movies can only transform your outlook on the world - on your life - by first teleporting you within themselves. They make you a part of them, enclose you within them, and then suddenly spit you out, and you are not the same person afterwards.
I Saw the TV Glow begins in a cloud of mystery, in the glow of an ice cream truck and the haze of a campfire, that seems to indicate a woe of…
I have way too much swimming in my mind at once about Adolescence to even try and speak on it properly. A few hours now since I finished it, and I'm pretty much still curled into a ball. A titanic technical achievement that only serves to complement some of the greatest writing and acting television has ever had. It will absolutely annihilate you, I will probably never watch it again, but it's mandatory viewing for all.
11/10
Werewolf by Night isn't just a masterpiece, it might be the single best piece of media in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date.
10/10
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
In summary... basically had the same reaction to this that I had to The Lighthouse: immediately fell completely in love, thought about it constantly afterwards, and fell deeper. Top 25 of all time for me. "Critics" can piss right off. The general reaction to the monologue in the middle proves why it was necessary, and honestly made it embarassing for a few days to be a person who talks about film.
10/10
FilmSpeak Grade: A+
