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The Passing 1984
The kind of wildly ambitious experience that can’t be explained in words and whose plot would a disservice to spoil. This shoestring budget oddity thrives on an eerie atmosphere thanks to a spine-tingling soundscape where we observe the lives of two people, an old WWII veteran and a death row inmate, without knowing how they relate but with the unsettling feeling that the answer won’t be pleasant. It’s a slow burn trick that’s profound cumulative weight will be hard to shake. True nose to the grindstone indie magic.
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Funny Ha Ha 2002
As someone with fond feelings towards Support the Girls, I really wanted to love this. Took too long to really feel the post graduate purgatory that starts to unearth the best qualities of this mumblecore pioneer, and the perfect ending gets lost in the tapestry of awkward interactions that doesn’t know how to properly build to the quiet devastation it wants to leave you with. It’s so afraid of being even a little charming which leads to an experience akin to attending a random house party where you realize five minutes in you’d rather be anywhere else and get stuck there for an exhausting 2 hours.
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Thoroughbreds 2017
No question this film will become a cult classic! Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke give the best performances of their career in this twistedly hilarious and oddly emotional tale of two rich teenage girls in suburban Connecticut as they plot a vengeful murder. Cory Finley has made Heathers proud with his confident story that is sure to have people talking the rest of the year! March 9th cannot come fast enough!
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Black Bear 2020
Saying Black Bear is a mind-bending, razor-sharp trip into the consciousness of a broken artist would be a disservice to this tightrope walk of a picture. Aubrey Plaza stars as Allison, an unreadable director who doesn’t follow the boundaries between being polite and honest. She lives in her own world, but seems gracious to pretend to be in others. And this world by the midway point fractures like a shattered mirror where everything reflects and cuts off itself. In Act…
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