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Barbie 2023
“To be honest, when I found out the patriarchy wasn't just about horses, I lost interest.“
Greta Gerwig done the impossible and made a 100 million dollar John Waters flick.
I’m amazed that I didn’t die.
That’s mostly exaggeration, there are elements of Jacques Demy, The Archers and especially Stanley Donen but there is a veneer of suburban darkness that is just gnarly to see in the best way. It contrasts brilliantly with artificial opulence of the spectacle, which is,…
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The Gleaners and I 2000
"A clock without hands is my kind of thing. You don't see time passing.”
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Ghost in the Shell 1995
Imagine some stoner teen in the 90s renting this, thinking it will be like a sci-fi Ninja Scroll only to get pounded by the psychological dread of humanity being defined by the unsteady progress and steep costs of computer technology for 80 minutes straight. Now imagine them growing up with their kids discovering Facebook.
Shit, I’d leave the grid and never come back.
This is just stellar, some stiff animation moments and impossibly fast subtitles aside, it is near perfect action-thriller that proves that heady ideas and sexy violence are not mutually exclusive.
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One Child Nation 2019
Fearless is an overused and misused word in criticism, a cheap label for films and filmmakers that are simply transgressive and occasionally stylish. Like, is it really fearless of Tarantino to make another postmodern, ultra-violent genre flick? No. Fun, but no.
The word should be reserved for filmmakers like Nanfu Wang, who puts a political target on her head, and lays bare an entire history of family tragedy, which results in one of the most heartbreaking, personal, and vital pieces of cinematic journalism of the year.
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