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  • Pain and Glory
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • Hit the Road
  • Red Post on Escher Street

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  • Mean Girls

    ★★½

  • The Fall Guy

    ★★★★

  • Wicked Little Letters

    ★★★

  • Challengers

    ★★★★½

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  • Meek's Cutoff

    Meek's Cutoff 2010

    ★★★★½ Watched 23 Feb 2020

    Basically, a film adaptation of "The Oregon Trail" (not joking)

    I'm not typically a fan of "Westerns" but I am a fan of beautiful cinematography, director Kelly Reichardt, and deliberately intimate, immersive dramas that transport the viewer to another place or time. It is SLOW as molasses (reminded me at times of letterboxd.com/film/days-of-heaven/) with long stretches without speaking which won't be everyone's cup of tea but really worked for me (as a city-dweller unaccustomed to seeing long stretches of nature)…

  • Shirley

    Shirley 2020

    ★★★★★ Watched 16 Jun 2020

    My favorite film of the year so far, and there have already been a few I loved.

    Director Josephine Decker (Madeline's Madeline) has her stamp all over this. Intensely raw, purposefully disorienting yet tastefully stylized. Cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen who did Victoria in one shot (one of the best of the decade) absolutely kills it. I counted about 100 shots that could have been the poster. Tamar-kali's score is so fucked up and incredible.

    This is an extremely dense dramatic…

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  • Poor Things

    Poor Things 2023

    ★★★★★ Watched 05 Jan 2024

    if there is only 1 movie you see in theaters this year, make sure it's this one

  • Eileen

    Eileen 2023

    ★★★ Watched 08 Jan 2024

    I get what they were going for but wish it was 20+ minutes longer. really appreciated the pacing of the first hour and wish they took more time with the ending.

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  • Shoplifters

    Shoplifters 2018

    ★★★★★ Watched 04 Jan 2019

    The best film of 2018- Beautiful in every way. (cinematography, writing)
    Delicate and heartfelt story. Strongest ensemble cast in as far as I can remember.

    Family takes on different meanings to different people. Ethics are subjective. Nobody's perfect. Money doesn't buy happiness.

    Gets better on a 2nd viewing, there's really a lot of small detail to pay attention to and the characters roles play much different after knowing their backstory.

    Sakura Ando has my vote for best actress and she needs to make more dramatic movies ASAP.

  • I Care a Lot

    I Care a Lot 2020

    ★½ Watched 20 Feb 2021

    I wanted to like this in the first 1/3. The premise is great. Besides the obvious reasons to dislike it...it just plays like a lower-tier Netflix original. I'm confused why some people seem to think it was decent but I also don't watch badly written TV.

    Also I just saw Saint Maud which had phenomenal sound design & score...so coming off of that this awful music was distractioningly corny. (Like the royalty-free version of something cool)

    My partner is disappointed I…

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