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  Knives Out 2019

  ★★★★ Rewatched 18 May 2021

  films are always better after lining up for three hours to rush it at a film festival. still good, but not a 4.5. benoit blanc singing sondheim is an added half star itself, but the “Hugh did this” line reveal and the knife thing almost make this go down a half star. almost. HOWEVER, I can’t help but thing that this would’ve been better if frank oz played yoda and miss piggy in this instead. can you imagine if they…

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  Beetlejuice 1988

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 15 Jan 2020 1

  Oh man, I forgot how great this film was. And seeing it on 35mm was an extra bonus treat!

  I hadn’t seen this in full in SO long, but I’m so glad I went tonight. And the programmer who chose this as part of the In Praise of Catherine O’Hara series was so passionate about her performance in the pre-movie talk, that she just shone like she never did before in this screening. 

  Watching this, I realized how awesome my…

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  Notes on a Scandal 2006

  Watched 01 Feb 2023

  TÁR: Music Notes on a Scandal

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  Causeway 2022

  Watched 29 Jan 2023

  love to see theatre queens Jayne Houdyshell and Linda Emond booked and busy

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  Dune 2021

  ★★ Watched 18 Sep 2021 6

  TIFF21. 

  Oh, worm? The Lynch film is better. There are no stakes to anything, the dialogue is awful, and it is so long and boring. Oh, and Hans Zimmer’s BWAAAAHs are back. 

  And that’s the end of TIFF21. Back to my regular programming.

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  Bergman Island 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Sep 2021 1

  TIFF21. 

  big year for vicky krieps and beaches