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  Serial Mom 1994

  Watched by brendanowicz 24 Jun 2022

  Lacuna alert: my first John Waters film. Near-masterpiece. Lucky me.

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  Bridesmaids 2011

  Rewatched by brendanowicz 19 Jun 2022

  Curiously nostalgic for the dishwater mise-en-scene of Paul Feig. This was a huge hit because audiences of all genders could relate to the protagonist’s central conflict: hating event planning.

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  Zola 2020

  Watched by brendanowicz 03 Jul 2021

  Riley Keough deserves either a Nobel Prize or jail

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  Nomadland 2020

  Watched by brendanowicz 20 Feb 2021 5

  The movie aims for a documentary style and represents itself as a hybrid feature; the narrative following Frances McDormand's character Fern has the actress playing scenes alongside an ensemble of nonprofessionals. Some of them share stories of loss and struggle in extreme close-ups that do not feature McDormand, suggesting that her opposite reaction shots have been filmed separately and spliced together with the monologues. As well, the non-monologue scenes present themselves as self-conscious displays of spontaneity: every interaction between characters…