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  Benedetta 2021

  ★★★★ Watched by Benjamin Crossley-Marra 03 Dec 2021

  Benedetta is a medieval gangster who does what she wants, when she wants.

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  Licorice Pizza 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched by Benjamin Crossley-Marra 28 Nov 2021

  Loved the film. It changed my life!

  I have this insatiable urge to date a miner. I can't explain what it is, I've never felt so attracted to miners before. So I'm cashing out of NYC and moving to Minas Gerais. I'll definitely have better luck around the Iron Quadrangle than Lincoln Park Tavern.

  See it in 70mm if you can!

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  Spencer 2021

  ★★½ Watched by Benjamin Crossley-Marra 09 Nov 2021

  Here's what worked for me:

  -Kristen Stewart's performance: it is GOOD.
  -The direction: very nuanced and thoughtful. He's clearly talented.
  -The cinematography: hazy but not blown out, interesting use of color - I LIKE it!

  Here's what didn't:

  -The script: the suffocating fairy-tale veneer has a lot of problems. It leaves one believing Diana Spencer was a consistently suicidal prisoner trapped in a labyrinthine castle. Its rigid adherence to fable-logic drains all the surrounding characters of any dimension and presents Diana as mentally unstable to the point of sheer hysteria. It's reductive.

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  The Last Duel 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched by Benjamin Crossley-Marra 19 Oct 2021

  This is the type of film I love.

  The type of film that's sorely missing these days: a well-shot, well-acted, well-directed and well-written film for adults.

  They probably should've waited until spring to release it though...