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Songs My Brothers Taught Me 2015

★★★ Watched 10 Nov, 2018

Chloé Zhao is of the greats. Mark my words.
Private Life 2018

★★★★½ Watched 05 Oct, 2018

Unsurprisingly, this film is wonderful. But I’m more interested in the fact that Kathryn Hahn’s career has evolved from “scene stealing sidekick” to “intellectual icon”. She continues to put her all into these films that are kindred and soft spoken, nuanced as ever. She plays gifted, broken women with such grace and vulnerability that they feel present and impactful. I’m a fan of anything she creates, but to be watching her current state of indies has been nothing but serendipitous and fulfilling.

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mother! 2017

½ Watched 14 Sep, 2017 71

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

It’s necessary to preface this with the fact that I am (or, was) a huge Aronofsky fan. He’s ingenious, and sophisticated and he has this distinct style to his films. Plus, his symbolism and metaphors have always struck a perfectly balanced note in the past. Having loved Black Swan and The Fountain, I’ve been super stoked for mother!. It all seemed right: the concept, the cast, the posters. Everything. The spectacle leading up to its various premieres added to my…
Maudie 2016

★★★★ Watched 29 Apr, 2017 1

I came home from this movie, tears still streaming down my face, declaring it the best film I've ever seen. My mother goes, "why is it that whenever you watch something about old women that no one's ever heard of, you say it's the best movie ever?" And I feel like that pretty much sums up my taste. I get that this movie is imperfect, and I could've done without the focus on Everett, but Maud's story is divine and…