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The Cotton Club 1984
there's a certain simmering and blood-red self-hatred in authentic italians that their american diasporic counterparts fail to translate when trying to tap into similar wavelengths.
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Smiley Face 2007
anything that can ever be described as "mischievous" in any context belongs in jail.
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White Bird in a Blizzard 2014
the type of movie filled wall-to-wall with prose like:
"i was 17 when my mother disappeared. just as i was becoming
nothing but my body, flesh and blood, and raging hormones,
she stepped out of hers and left it behind."if lines like that are profound to some people then power to them.
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Cries and Whispers 1972
the only feeling i ever get when watching bergman is a strong desire to be watching dreyer instead.
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Waking Life 2001
please shut the fuck up please man please i'm begging you. shut the fuck up. shut the fuck up!
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Let the Sunshine In 2017
a compelling argument for why the country of france should get collectively sent to prison.
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Death Wish 2018
eli roth is interesting because he makes these works pushing american archetypes of social and moral behavior to their absolute most ugly conclusions. which makes me hate them because in a weird way i can see myself reflected in them, like there will always be a part of me tied to middle aged guys with bad breath ranting about law and order or self-branded nice guys who view women as whores under a barely concealed surface. but even that's simplistic…