Moonrise Kingdom, Her, Dogtooth, Rams
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The story itself is more interesting than the movie, but making this movie was a feat as a whole. The movie’s main plot focuses on local political conflict, with the subplot being the fascinating City of Joel. Kiryas Joel (Kiri-yas Joel [Yo-el], KJ) is, in short, a small town
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The film opens on Werner talking about how destructive television is; talk shows, commercials, Bonanza, Rawhide. Werner didn’t think Errol Morris would finish his film, Gates of Heaven, so Werner said he would eat his shoe if he did. Errol didn’t think he could even make a film
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Leo Reich was recently profiled in the New Yorker, so I decided to give his HBO special a watch. Enjoyed a mix of gay and millennial/zoomer comedy, both of which I don’t often privy myself to. It was nice to watch something that felt very ‘new’ and ‘today’
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Glad the ‘solved’ the New York Subway Map Debate. The solution combines the two debated designs—diagrammatic and geographic—by zooming in to the later, and zooming out to the former. Unfortunately, it didn’t look like the map actually changed when I checked the MTA website. You can watch
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A wonderful short documentary about an artist in his old age. Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated Where the Wild Things Are. At two years old, he was traumatised by seeing a picture of a baby on a newspaper stand; a picture of the tragic death of the child in the
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Much like talking to someone who is clearly opaque, May December lingers in your head. It lingers so long that you realise there is no use in understanding this interaction, and you’re better off forgetting the individual completely to continue on with your life. Gracie, is one of those
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I have been gifted with the desire for writing, and making a short film again. I also recently listened to Christopher Nolan on Scriptnotes (via Daring Fireball), which may have helped. Nimic is so simple in its concept, and leaves so much space for visuals. There is very little dialogue,
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This movie was not like other Yorgos Lanthimos movies. It was much less, “woah, that was very weird?” And more, “wow, that was incredibly empowering!” Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is learning about the world. Her relentless curiosity takes her first to the forest, and then throughout Europe to a place
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This movie reminded me how we are told what we should desire. It also reminded me how little time I have to consume, and that I should be emphasising art that has depth. Slavoj Žižek examines movies at their deepest levels, with psychoanalysis and philosophy. An entertaining film essay in