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The Menu 2022
I've mostly given up recording the films I watch here, but I had to stop in and note that, in my opinion, most criticism surrounding this movie at the time of its release was *incredibly* misleading. It is not high-falutin'. It is not in any way "arthouse". It is about the furthest thing possible from "pretentious". It's not trying to make a Marxist statement-- sure, there's some broad commentary on class and the service industry, to the tune of "rich…
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle 2018
Liked this one a great deal more than I expected to! Strikes a good balance between being a reasonably faithful adaptation of Jackson's novel, and being its own entity, with its own artistic project. The casting was excellent, everyone's perfect for her or his role. I am not yet sure whether I liked the couple of significant story changes, but they made sense given the transition from novel to film-- the two mediums have different strengths, weaknesses, and storytelling expectations,…
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The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia 2019
A charmingly off-kilter low-budget animated riff on the story of the Heaven's Gate cult that tackles depression, abuse, belief vs. doubt, cult indoctrination tactics, the human search for meaning in life, and the ways society fails people who can't fit into the established order. In less than 45 minutes! With songs! And a whole lot of absurdist cartoon humor!
This all might sound disrespectful to the actual events that clearly inspired ASCENSIA's plot, but Philips &co. provide one of the…
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Carmilla 2019
I don't think I've ever seen or read a version/adaptation of CARMILLA I didn't like, and this one's particularly special. The vampirism aspect is downplayed-- in fact, the most obvious reading of the film is that this Carmilla isn't a vampire at all, but rather the victim of superstition and homophobia. Instead, CARMILLA becomes a tragic, Romantic coming of age story about isolation, repression, and erotic awakening. The plot moves quite slowly and remains uneventful for about the first third…
