I’m pretty sure Jim Kelly tried to punch a bird in the dick in this movie. Birds mostly don’t have dicks, but he damn well tried his best.
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Claire's Knee 1970
I have deeply mixed feelings about Claire’s Knee, one of Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales. I think the film (and director) knows what an utter fucking bastard the lead, Jerome, is. I know the film thinks he’s a buffoon – the directorial stand-in, Aurora, writer and friend of Jerome, is constantly watching him with a smirk, pushing him toward folly and observing his failures, moral and otherwise. But does the film cut him too much slack? And does Rohmer’s unnatural…
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The Swan 2023
More shots in movies framed between the soles of dusty sneakers, please. The casual cruelty of Dahl is so refreshing these days.
You know what Dahl I’d love to see Anderson do in animation? Dirty Beasts. Used to read that one to my kids in the car when they were little.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023
A delightful little puzzle box. And not a Dahl story I’ve ever read, I believe. I am down for Anderson just screwing around and having fun. Also happy to see Ayoade joining the Anderson company, hopefully as a regular.
I’ll say this for streaming, it creates a natural outlet and terrific distribution channel for short films like this, that probably would have been an afternoon TV special or gone mostly unseen back in the day.
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The Perfection 2018
I am genuinely uncertain whether what I just watched was terrible terrible, or hilariously awesomely terrible. And I'm not sure if the director and cast know either. But I wasn't bored.
I attended a screening with a Q&A from director Richard Shepard and stars Alison Williams and Logan Browning, and Shepard said the film was shot in 24 days, cheap and fast, from an idea he developed himself for Williams, and that seems about right. Shepard also said his inspiration…
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Asteroid City 2023
Man did I dig this specific variant of the Wes Anderson aesthetic, that 1950s soda jerk pink and green set against the Atomic Age sets and desert. The movie itself I enjoyed quite a bit, though it felt a bit too emotionally removed and deliberately surreal to rank among his best for me. But the look of it, and that literal showstopping moment in the middle (you’ll know it when you see it) … 😘
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