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Black Swan 2010
This is the first Darren Aronofsky film that’s, for the most part, clicked for me. I’ve respected each of his films that I’ve seen up to this point, but I’ve never exactly liked them… or him. But that’s besides the point because I think this thing really works. It relentlessly whips and distorts these characters and, in turn, its audience into an utter frenzy. It’s uncomfortable. It’s intense. It’s effective. It’s kind of fun, in my opinion.
Anyway. I liked your movie, Aronofsky. Don’t get used to it, you bastard.
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Daughter of the Dragon 1931
Nope! But someone does call Anna May Wong “incomparable” a few minutes into the film, so it does get something right.
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The Sparks Brothers 2021
It’s rare that a film makes me want to make whatever I want, whenever I want, and however I want before the credits even roll.
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Men 2022
What starts out as a meditation slowly morphs into one horrific film, and you can almost split it right down the middle. The first hour is really quiet and meandering as the film just walks us through this process with Jessie Buckley’s character. As the dread slowly creeps in, Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear(s) really help you settle into the film and its rhythm. But then those last forty minutes are a relentlessly grotesque nightmare. This final section of the…