Cuts to the quick.
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Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé 2023
The editing on this makes Homecoming look like a dress rehearsal
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door 1973
Lawrence Cook flips from dead calm to passionate argument so beautifully
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Kokomo City 2023
Really wish this documentary stopped getting in the way of its subjects. I appreciate how frank these women are. The edit and the framing undercuts that frankness sometimes, edging into the fetishization that the women speak out against, sometimes at the same time that they’re speaking about it. I don't want a sanitized version of this film; that would undercut the subject matter in a completely different way. But the illustrative/metaphorical intercut imagery does the movie no favors, because it…
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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off 2023
Really curious about how this plays with someone who isn’t familiar with the source material at all. Same characters, same setting, same character development, wildly different storyline. I’m becoming increasingly enamored of adaptations that refuse to retread old territory, at least in terms of plot. This one manages to neatly sidestep some of the flaws from the original graphic novels simply by nature of focusing on the side characters and their thoughts, feelings, and dreams. I’ve always liked Ramona Flowers, but I really like her here, as the author of her own story.
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BlackBerry 2023
“Mike, are you familiar with the saying ‘Perfect is the enemy of good’?”
“Well, ‘Good enough’ is the enemy of humanity.” -