Holy shit, this film lives up to its nihilistic reputation. I might change my rating to a 5/5 later.
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles 1975
Watched over 2 classes. I saw the first 2 hours and 15 minutes on March 29th.
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Hitchcock/Truffaut 2015
What's here is good, but it's way too short. I want a 3+ hour long version that provides both more details on the creation of the book and more film analysis from the various directors who were interviewed for this.
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New York Stories 1989
Life Lessons: Kino. 9/10
Life Without Zoë: Astonishingly awful. The script is a formless mess that lacks conflict. It's no exaggeration to say that a college student who had taken an intro level screenwriting class could deliver something better than what Francis and Sofia put together. Also, the acting is uniformly terrible, with everyone trying, and failing, to be as cutesy as possible. The cinematography and editing are the only parts that aren't reprehensibly bad. 2/10 (the competence of the…
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Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005
"What the hell?" - an unknown but legendary girl in my class as soon as the film cut to black at the end
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Eternals 2021
Meh. This is the first Marvel movie I've seen in many years, and it confirmed that I'll never be able to get back into this franchise. The characters are underdeveloped, the action scenes are run of the mill, and there's severe tonal whiplash. It feels like Chloe Zhao wanted to make something more somber and epic than other Marvel movies, but that tone is ruined whenever Kingo opens his mouth. Also, as if one bad comic relief character wasn't enough,…