Not sure why I haven't logged this before--this was definitely a rewatch, and that's important to note because of how much it opened up to me now that I'm returning to it having seen a good chunk of Cronenberg's other movies. I was vaguely entertained/intrigued but also a little befuddled when I saw this upon its release, but knowing a little more about Cronenberg's "thing" (esp. his Dead Ringers / Crash "thing") has clarified it as a devious but also…
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The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia 2019
As promised in my Barber Westchester review, I've been diving into Jonni Phillips's filmography further, and once I had a few more under my belt, I've changed from the intrigued but befuddled position I had during BW to someone who feels incredibly seen and is unspeakably moved by some of the moments in Phillips's work. Phillips understands deeply the alienation and the aching connection people seek as they claw their way toward (sometimes constructive, sometimes maladaptive) meaning-making. I don't know…
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This Place Rules 2022
Can't believe I wasted my last movie-watching opportunity of 2022 on this garbage. I haven't watched a ton of Andrew Callaghan's online work, but I've seen enough to know that he has a preternatural, almost Nathan-Fielder-esque ability for using his flat affect to draw incredible comments from the people he interviews, and that's on display here. There are a dozen fascinating documentaries to be made from the raw material captured here (the influencer street fight at the beginning, the heartbreaking…
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American Factory 2019
American Factory has a lot of really good raw material about the fresh evils of multi-national corporations and the ways in which labor gets exploited by global capitalism. Its central fight for unionization at the Fuyao factory in Dayton, Ohio, is rousing and vital. All of that is why I've given American Factory anything close to a positive rating. But the rest... woof. The fact that this movie frames the whole conflict of the situation as some sort of American…
