very funny. great & weird ending. less about love than the more prominent rohmers. the light and breezy sitcom-esque trappings are perfect for delivering an understated, thorough morality play. beautiful cinematography. the initial blue hour sequence may be the peak but the paris triptych is nonetheless excellent and develops complex layering of self-assured individuality in the face of hypocrisy and judgement.
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Spiderhead 2022
major snoozer. technically competent but it is sterile. poorly written with surface-level thoughts dragged through thuddingly obvious beats and turns (“acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge.” - we get it misters deadpool). i like chris hemsworth but he’s not ham enough for the role imo. dreadful ending.
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Stowaway 2021
it's close to getting it. it's setup to rip on the evil, faceless space megacorp that bankrolls this mars expedition. the unseen hand that pulls the strings on these people’s lives. the capitalists that strip safety measures to fit a third body and the safety checks that would have found a concussed fourth. the organizations dispensing with humans to profit a dollar rather than spending a dollar trying to save them. was all ready to give this the benefit of…