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The Worst Person in the World 2021
Straight up euphoric.
The journey to self-discovery as a set of "wrong place, wrong time" encounters. So deeply felt in its display of that fake-it-til-you-make-it aspect of adulthood. Difficult to properly articulate the ways and lengths to which this burrowed into my soul, hitting on insecurities and fears and joys I could never put to words but were there the whole time. Totally nails that thing where you make what is seemingly a tossed off casual decision that happens to…
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 2021
Strikes such a specific chord about the difficulty of relationships, the kind of slippery feeling you can't fully articulate but is left hanging in the air. Is really in tune with the idea that you can miss someone and yet still know your life is better without them in it. Hamaguchi isn't doing any mind-blowing visual stuff with the camera but so effectively forefronts the writing, which is the unquestionable star with how it unfurls these knotty relationships. The second…
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Faceless 2021
Bracing and intimate look at the Hong Kong protests going on recently, with some great added context about the long-running struggle against the CCP's overwhelming need to hold HK under their thumb for decades. Moved and impressed by the bravery of all of these people, who put life and limb on the line for a better future they likely will never see themselves.
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All Too Well: The Short Film 2021
Listen, the rating curve was just out of control on this one. Things had to be done
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The Last Airbender 2010
Hello darkness my old friend
I watched The Last Airbender again
By act two my friend was sleeping
So bad it left me weeping
And the mispronunciations that were planted in my brain
Still cause pain
Within the sound...of Ong
