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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985
Definitely all out 80s in aesthetic but assuredly 70s in just about everything else. Friedkin still had at least one foot planted in the previous decade but says "hey, if life and everything in it's gonna be meaningless, I'll at least make it look and sound cool."
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Babylon 2022
"She's the one having sex with the ice sculpture. We're all very fond of her."
It's hard not to love the Tobey Maguire sequence. Even though it feels similar to a turn that would be in a PTA movie, it's still pretty exhilarating. I didn't think Chazelle had that kind of horror in his bag of tricks but hey, he does. The big three were great. Robbie, Pitt and Calva - especially Diego Calva. The bit players helped to make…
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A Haunting in Venice 2023
Dutch angles! Locations! Texture! Welles and Bava! Perfectly lit. Excellent dialogue. Melancholy. Classically spooky. Branagh forever!
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Mistress America 2015
Greta Gerwig is so good at making you fall in love with her characters in every movie that she's in. The best screwball comedy this side of the 1930s.
