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Jasper Mall 2020
It's Frederick Wiseman's Russian Ark, guided by a Kiwi Joe Exotic.
This movie is an elegy for End Stage Capitalism. It's the last gasp of a pre-COVID society that failed us on every level, from 2019 Alabama to 2021 Texas. I hope that if this is the end of shopping malls -- an institution I love more than any rational person should -- it is the precursor to a more equitable and just society.
It may have been tempting for…
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets 2020
With all due respect to Lover's Rock, there has never -- and I mean never -- been a film that better captures the townie bar experience better than Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets.
I haven't read anything about it, so I honestly can't tell if it's a documentary or the most expertly-acted comedy in film history. Either way, it is like wearing a VR headset into the world of broken people and alcoholics, and I've never seen anything like it.
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What We Do in the Shadows 2014
I forgot how goddamn funny this movie is. The jokes are great but the delivery is unparalleled.
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Comedian 2002
It's one thing to be funny. It's another thing to entirely to be a Comedian. Such is the thesis of this portrait of two stand-up comics.
One of the comics is Jerry Seinfeld, one of the greatest, and inarguably most heralded comic of the last three decades. The other is Orny Adams, a young, brash upstart. The contrast between the two drives the film.
While Orny is a nobody, he boldly demands respect, gets upset by hecklers, blames crowds for…
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