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Black Bear 2020
I didn't rewatch the entire movie, but I rewatched enough of it that it feels more like a lie to not record it than to record it.
When Gabe asks Allison, "Why didn't your husband come with you?" she pauses for a long time before her quiet, "I don't know." (I'm not sure she really even mumbles that, all I hear is a vague, unsure noise). And on not not rewatch, it packs quite a punch.
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One Night in Miami... 2020
Regina's King direction isn't showy. She's not attempting to put her stamp on the material, to be called an auteur, but the direction and editing here is excellent, and not simply because the performances are remarkable -- and they undoubtedly are. Kingsley Ben-Adir deserves an Oscar nomination for his work as Malcolm X, weary and human. I know Leslie Odom Jr. is in contention to win supporting actor, and he should be. Aldis Hodge and Eli Goree (God, remember when…
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The Assistant 2019
Julia Garner is exceptional here, perfectly portraying the feeling of powerlessness as she works in an environment where everyone is complacent and complicit to the horrors being committed. She starts exhausted and her weariness grows with no reprieve, weaving around you. A bone-chilling, resigned sadness. The end feels like a gut punch despite nothing particularly happening (nothing really happens throughout the film) but that's part of its effectiveness. Nothing happens. She's powerless. The abuses of power will keep happening. And so it goes.