Society tells men that they have to dig holes and crawl around in the dirt and engage in aggressive hug-fights under the hot Djibouti sun, but Claire Denis knows all we really wanna do is dance.
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Evil Dead II 1987
When I was a kid, I’d see Evil Dead II on the shelf in the video store every week. I wasn’t allowed to rent it, so I’d just stand there in the aisle and stare at the skeleton guy on the cover of the VHS. He had bizarrely human eyes. Was he smiling? For years, I’d wonder about the skeleton guy: “What’s his deal? What’s his name? Is he villain or hero? Does he have a purpose?” Finally, when I was 15,…
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Sanctuary 2022
I’m a sucker for an all-in-one-room movie. I’m a sucker for a spicy duet. I’m a sucker for Sanctuary, an oddly and unexpectedly romantic film that clearly has Punch Drunk Love on its mind. Which I think is nice. More movies should have Punch Drunk Love on their mind. Qualley is a powerhouse. Abbott is at his best. It’s far from perfect, but I dug it. We are all so very broken.
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Oppenheimer 2023
“Lord, these affairs are hard on the heart.” You can say that again, JRO. Holy hell. This film hollowed me out. Made me feel hopelessly sad. People are latching onto the word “staggering” in reviews, and they’re right. Oppenheimer is staggering: in length, in structure, in emotion, in history, in despair. It’s a feast of sound and vision. Nolan was trying to put a dent in the world with this one. It feels like he’s been directing it in his head…
