"A new subject matter demands new form...and trying to understand what a film is saying to us, is to know how it is saying it." André Bazin
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Broker 2022
Contains minor spoilers regarding images or characters, but not plot points. This is likely my favorite film from 2022! So sad it's underseen, under promoted. Anyway...here is my promotion! 😀
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If you've never seen any of Kogonada's visual essays, you should take some time to enjoy them. They explore a variety of themes (mostly visual) through the lens of different directors. His very first essay (I believe), published by sight & sound, explores Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda's work between 1995-2011.…
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Red Rock West 1993
Lara Flynn Boyle: “Marriage is a state of mind”
Nic Cage: “Not in Texas”
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…Moral of the story - get rid of the money!!!!
A very 20th century type movie. ❤️
Happy Mother’s Day y’all. 🌸
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This is a very unavailable movie, seen today on the big screen. Thank you Nic Cage and Gateway Film Center! 🥰
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 2022
I think this is great, but it’s layered enough to revisit before saying so. The writer, Haruki Murakami, is also credited on Burning (👍) and Drive My Car (👎). This is an animated adaptation of his short stories, for adults only. Digs deep. Check it out!!
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
“We can do whatever we want. Nothing matters.”
I anticipated I would like Everything Everywhere All at Once, but instead found it to be a secular utopian fantasy by way of cultural emasculation. It’s quite the abomination. Like Public Enemy said, don’t believe the hype!
Half Star for the legendary Ke Huy Quan.
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