I’m surprised I didn’t like this one more— it’s surreal and melancholy and unlike any other independent film written and directed (and produced and starring) a black man to come out in the 1970s. It was just hard to sympathize with a character who, outside of his fantastical and child-like day dreams, is so unlikeable. I can see why he feels such scorn and is so prickly to those around him, and watching him process grief while maintaining his authoritarian…
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The Killer 1989
Eight years before Wong Kar Wai’s happy together, John Woo crafted one of the finest pieces of queer Hong Kong cinema. While this movie isn’t without its flaws, it’s still somehow perfect. An easy 5 star.
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Army of the Dead 2021
Dogshit
Spent the last year and a half yearning to go back to the movie theater. Now that I’m all vaxxed up, I went to see this Zack Snyder movie with my partner mostly as a joke, but after 90 minutes when we realized there was a whole hour left, we walked out. And we weren’t even the first people to skip before this shit was over either!
Fuck
