How pleasant and adorable!
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Anatomy of a Fall 2023
When we lack an element to judge something, and the lack is unbearable, all we can do is decide
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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father 2008
I have some hangups on the execution (sometimes feels sensationalist, with a big thriller kinda ‘reveal’ moment that I found particularly inappropriate), but the content is so undeniable that I hardly care. Haven’t felt this much from a movie in a while. Literally felt a little sick afterwards. But the moments I cried were the moments where love, joy, and the celebration of life were rendered so beautifully, and humanly. Captures the beauty of the human spirit better than most films. Really felt the whole spectrum of emotions watching this thing - it effortlessly transcends it’s frequent ‘true crime doc’ stylistic trappings.
Realer than real.
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The Zone of Interest 2023
A piece of hell in your backyard.
Probably the most joyless holocaust film I’ve ever seen, which is quite a feat considering that it doesn’t actually show any of the real suffering. We can see triumph, hope, and meaning even in the most dour circumstances / pieces of history with the tools of narrative and story, something Glazer completely denies the audience. There’s nearly nothing to latch onto here and it’s mundanity evokes such a unique flavour of disgust and…
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HEX 2023
Another banger from my great friend Kyle Dick. Amazing and unique images, as to be expected (he’s always improving in this regard), but perhaps my favourite thing about this one is the absolutely immaculate curation and placement of sound. Some of the aural palettes Kyle creates with his entanglement of disparate sonic artifacts are so mesmeric that they prompt jealousy which is the greatest compliment I can give a fellow aspiring filmmaker. But stronger than that, I am just once…
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Better Living 2023
Go watch my friend Frank Ritz’ new short film here: youtu.be/Sb3vDWwFjdM?si=N_c4cbck7Qln-Zq7
There’s a lot I could say about it, but I wanna just get it out there while he’s making it available (limited time only!)
The film has craft up the wazoo and has some very meaningful and surprising narrative gambits. It’s an engrossing experience that genuinely stuck with me when I first watched it. Above all, it comes from a unique voice who truly has a lot to say,…
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The Lighthouse 2019
Im more miffed by how this is paced every time I watch it (way too fast-paced, kind of repetitive, so much of the ‘dreamy’ stuff starts and stops so abruptly. The movie doesn’t have a seamless flow to it).
But other than that, it might be the most aesthetically delicious / up my alley movie ever made, and Dafoe and Pattinson are absolutely mesmerizing.
The light is mine
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