director, comedian, screenwriter, and then a fourth thing but this one is a joke. big dummy, not a cinephile.
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Drive My Car 2021
my therapist likes to stop me whenever i criticize myself with the word ‘should,' that i should feel some way, that i should have done something. we stop and dig into this statement until i get to the root of it and try to understand how i've internalized whatever idea or feeling or action is meant to be "correct" or "normal." it's a hard thing for me to do because it's always easiest to lightly lean on myself as the…
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Nomadland 2020
when they say "money can't buy happiness" it's meant in a very direct and temporary sense, though it's crucially wrong in that money can unlock security and comfort in ways that can make you happy. but it can't buy freedom.
wealth is nothing more than a mound of dirt. and from atop that mound you can see so much more than you could from the floor. but you can't stand on top of the mound without it slowly eroding below…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
a visual and aural spectacle relaying a story that does nothing for me. a calligraphed limerick. dune just isn’t my thing; might be its unfair status as a modern adaptation of a highly influential classic, but all i see on the screen is archetypes. no characters i care much about or really “buy”, least of all paul. stilgar rules though. don’t get me started on the disparity between its arabic influences and casting, i don’t wanna lock these comments. get said taghmaoui in part three dammit. by the way, we are not all talking enough about chalamet’s holly hunter voice
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
one of the most overwhelming viewing experiences of my life, compounded by my inability (refusal) to pee for about 100 minutes. outstanding. another banger for the canon of guys who love to loudly recognize something (e.g. “that’s spider-man, from spider-man”)
edit: whoops almost forgot to add a very important note: if u look like rio morales, dm me…….
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Don't Worry Darling 2022
standing outside of the theater telling every white woman that leaves “so messed up. i would never do that to you”