Impressive (particularly that soundtrack!) but most definitely a first feature film. One that feels unfocused by design, but unfocused nonetheless, with a lot of directorial flourishes that feel if not random then certainly a bit chaotic. At its best when lasering in on the generations of pain that Huntt carries around "in [her] DNA" and the struggle to reconcile with how her family lives through a cycle of sabotage against their own. A vibe, for sure.
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Fire Island 2022
Andrew Ahn (of SPA NIGHT and DRIVEWAYS) adapts to FIRE ISLAND as well as Jane Austen does. It is gorgeously shot, gaining so much visually and even emotionally from filming right there on Fire Island. Effectively brings both the rom and the com with a script that perfectly balances wit with catiness in a way that is comfortingly familiar in a chosen family kinda way. Everybody's so good looking, which definitely helps. Yes, it's the type of unrealistic romantic comedy…
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Looking: The Movie 2016
No, you cried because of the way it encapsulates yearning and change and says a giant fuck you to conformative gay culture and because of the humanity and the performances and the cinematography and the shot of the mirror. I could watch this movie a dozen times in a row right now and continue finding beautiful, perfect moments. It speaks to a world I know all too well. I just loved every single second so much my heard could burst.
