struck a really personal chord for me with its depiction of mental illness. not sure why.
really really uncomfortable in a way where i couldn’t look away.
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Last Night in Soho 2021
probably edgar wright’s worst film but still pretty entertaining.
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Malignant 2021
only watched the last hour or so
very entertaining schlock with a solid, unique monster and some really great body horror
doesn’t pull any punches and relies much more on camera tricks than it does audio cues for its scares, which was nice to see in a james wan movie.
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The Night Porter 1974
didnt love it but it was weird in a good way.
stylish, but soft and bright look of the film are a weird contrast with the really morbid subject matter and narrative. never really made me feel any tension or sadness even though tense and sad things were occurring on screen. the blocking and framing of most of the shots reminded me of a ballet or really choreographed musical, like something bob fosse would have worked on. -
Annie Hall 1977
embarassed to admit i hadn’t seen this until today
10/10, thank you olivia for showing this to me after tons of people telling me to watch it for ages
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World) 1927
cool piece of history that really stands out among films of the era with its gritty, highly contrasted visual style, lack of major characters, and long oberservational shots of russian peasant and military lifestyle.
pacing is all over the place so the middle 45 minutes kind of drag because the filmmakers decided to focus on historically insignificant meetings and minor squabbles amongst russian elites instead of sticking to the focus on the bolsheviks and peasant class established early in the…
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Saw 2004
olivia’s first time watching saw (she immediately guessed who jigsaw is and i am so proud of her)
visual style and editing are really charming but also really show the movies age
could have been a legitimately terrifying horror film if it had better direction. there’s a lot of good foundation, james wan just executed it in a messy, but probably more entertaining way
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It's Such a Beautiful Day 2012
fuck.
fell asleep before the last 15 minutes but man this movie is even more depressing now than when i first saw it.
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Blue Valentine 2010
only thing i didn’t love about this movie was the fact that they decided to give ryan gosling a receding hairline to show he had entered his 30s
amazing pacing and performances from the two leads, ending sequence was like a gut punch to the heart
made olivia cry more than once in <2 hours