fucking miraculous. a genuine triumph on every conceivable level, so authentic and heartfelt and resonant and gorgeous and beautifully layered with the sense of pure immeasurable emotion only the medium of film can convey. perfectly captures the void of disillusionment that comes with the feeling that you’re a spectator in your own life, utilizing the smallest actions as a reason why you’re “mature” in order to prove a sense of self-fulfillment when really you’re still stuck drifting in that place…
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Red Rocket 2021
cinematic dynamite. yeah it’s a film about a deeply narcissistic, selfish, sleazy, predatory scumbag but Simon Rex carries the role with such energy and sincerity that it’s impossible to look away as the dude makes fuck-up after fuck-up without any consequence. in awe of the sheer audacity of so much of this movie but also moved by its intimacy and Baker’s continued ability to effectively capture the minute tactility of day-to-day life and the people within it even from the…
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Drive My Car 2021
a total, eviscerating knockout. major in every way, blending tragedy and beauty with tender grace. towering to watch on the big screen. the three hours flew by like lightning, just incredible
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Mulan 2020
The director of this (who is a white woman) said back in February in this interview that "Although it's a critically important Chinese story and it's set in Chinese culture and history, there is another culture at play here, which is the culture of Disney".
that should tell you pretty much all you need to know. Disney, how fucking hard is it to just hire directors of color?
