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The Kid Detective 2020
My main worry at first was how close this was to an idea I’ve been tinkering with for over twenty five years, and admittedly it got very close several times, but I think I’ve gotten away with it. Anyway, it’s a lovely film that delicately shifts between dark comedy and something sadder and eventually angrier. The last five minutes or so are particularly strong, shifting as it does from relief, to catharsis, to a much needed and heartfelt howl of agony. I suspect this might become an all time favourite
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Gregory's Girl 1980
there are reasons why this is my favourite film of all time. it has all the strange, unalloyed creative joy of "that sinking feeling" but this time it's all been pulled together to create, as far as i'm concerned, the single best cinematic tale of growing up as a teenager ever: in literature, in television, in cinema. all of it. it's all here, which is kind of my definition of a masterpiece - it sets out to say everything possible…
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David Brent: Life on the Road 2016
There’s a moment towards the end of this where Dawn substitute Karen spells out that underneath the bluster and bravado, David Brent is an admirable man and an optimist and we should all love him accordingly despite his human faults. The Office got to this conclusion carefully by taking Brent to the brink of self destruction and loathing and then delivering one of the sweetest and most surprisingly effective emotional moments of redemption in comedy history. This film however has…