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EO 2022
I waffled between 4.5 and 5 stars for EO, for several niche reasons. I greatly enjoyed this film on several fronts. If you are a cinephile, this is master-class cinematography, editing, and working of narrative—the protagonist’s perspective doesn’t frequently rely on cheap convention to capture the experience and perspective of a donkey. (And all under 90 minutes!)
More importantly to me (and more difficult to write about) is the film’s attempt to further the dialogue of Earthling compassion. While the…
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Skinamarink 2022
The endless rift between a horror of dream and reality. Stand silent because the bed’s gone cold after abandoning a nightmare and stand silent knowing that if you wake them up, that the one source of everyday comfort turns completely sour. One terror begets another so all we do is nothing at all. Drift into the tapestry as if to trick the night into knowing we are nothing at all. Passover.
A truly perfect work of margins that I want every shot framed theater wide to take in for hours as if I saw it for the first time.
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The Menu 2022
For 18 months I worked at a boutique entertainment marketing agency co-founded by David Gelb, the creator of Chef’s Table and director of Jiro Dreams of Sushi. David’s projects championed food culture and the savant-level minds who monetized their fascinations, inventions, and skillsets sometimes at the expense of their passions or due to the limitations of their upbringing. It’s true that Gelb and his directors often entangled the elevation of cuisine - celebrating the culinary artistry that often superseded pure…
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The Menu 2022
the first half of this is a fun dumb movie, and the second half of this is a fake smart movie.
gets a bump for being a serviceable version of a kind of studio programmer we used to get way more (old man, cloud, etc.) — not to mention the performances being pretty uniformly great. but the script feels ultimately predicated on sketch comedy logic, and the satire is saturated with a shallow self-satisfaction that’s all… too clearly reminiscent of…
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Babylon 2022
I do somewhat pity the marketing department who are largely being blamed for this movie’s floppage when really this movie is impossible to market to a wide audience, but for me personally if they had just told me that this was to Boogie Nights what The Fast and the Furious is to Point Break, I would’ve been there opening weekend
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Women Talking 2022
Women do indeed talk
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Women Talking 2022
One of the most powerful movies I’ve ever seen. A great cast, script, music, the works. Jessie Buckley’s performance was truly outstanding. Give all of these women a best ensemble award!
