the first time i watched eternal sunshine, i was an angsty, impulsive 16-year-old experiencing her first break-up with someone who - naively, at the time - she thought she could spend the rest of her life with. i was overly emotional and excessively idealistic, but you’re supposed to be when you’re 16; ”reality” isn’t a rule that applies to you.
and yet, to fill the absence of that once all-consuming love, i had to replace it with an equally strong…
I started rewatching some of Everything Everywhere All at Once last night at like 1 AM and found myself accidentally staying up for the next two hours simply because this movie just sucks you in right from the start and never lets up until the final frame and my god I just love it so much
(Also lol at anyone saying Michelle Yeoh “doesn’t do enough to win Best Actress.” This is one of the most original roles I’ve ever…
I’ve been obsessed with the editing in Everything Everywhere All at Once since I first saw the film last spring, so it was a DREAM come true to talk with editor (and Critics Choice Award winner!) Paul Rogers and his team about how they pulled this project off.
It’s so funny to me that when my friends and I first saw this in middle school we all thought that Todd being in love with Neil was canon and didn’t even question it and only when we were older did we realize that we were all seeing something that wasn’t there 😭😭😭
Few films have ever - or WILL ever - make me feel the things this one does!!!!!!!!!!
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Everything Everywhere All At Once is… unlike anything I have ever seen. At its core, all the absurdity aside, it’s a rich and rousing reminder of all that cinema can be and all it can do, making you believe in movie magic again as it tears your heart to pieces and puts it back together, in even better shape than before. A miracle of the medium, through and through.
I’m not gonna say the O-word, since we’re still (somehow) in LAST…
Will awards voters’ love for Belfast be “everlasting”? Or can a critical darling like The Power of the Dog or late-breaking blockbuster such as West Side Story take its place at the top of the pack in Best Picture?
Read my thoughts on Next Best Picture!
Went long on the brilliance of Belfast over at Loud and Clear Reviews!
With this lusciously crafted love letter to the city where he grew up and the people who helped him persevere through the plights that plagued his young life, Kenneth Branagh has made one of the best films of the year - powered by Caitríona Balfe & Jamie Dornan’s poignant performances.
Don’t miss it this weekend!
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Belfast was somehow even better on a rewatch. It’s honestly just impossible to not be overcome with emotion as Kenneth Branagh envelops you in this warm world, and by the end, you feel like a member of this family too. It’s truly special stuff.
Caitríona Balfe brought the house down at tonight’s Film Independent/SAG screening (and EASILY received the most applause in the credits), but Ciarán Hinds was a huge hit too. Starting to think both actors could have those…
Belfast is cinema at its most magical and moving - a compassionate ode to childhood bursting at the seams with sincere reverence for the familial relationships that form the foundation of our lives. Jude Hill is a joy, Jamie Dornan is dashing, and Caitríona Balfe is beyond beguiling (and I anticipate MAJOR awards attention will follow for the latter two…)
Full thoughts coming soon to Loud and Clear Reviews!
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I’m convinced that there has never been a better line written for a film than “Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I’ve already felt.”
(This really hit the spot tonight.)
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I have a million movies to get around to on my watchlists on the seventy streaming services I’m subscribed to but sometimes you just need to spend your Saturday rewatching Almost Famous and tonight is one of Those Nights™ oops
(Movies genuinely don’t get any better than this, folks)