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  • Harold and Maude
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • Little Forest
  • Whisper of the Heart

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  • The Thin Man Goes Home

    ★★★★

  • Shadow of the Thin Man

    ★★★

  • Another Thin Man

    ★★½

  • Poison

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  • Cluny Brown

    Cluny Brown

    ★★★★½

    Everyone deserves someone who'll tell them that pursuing their passions makes them more desirable, not less.

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  • Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man

    ★★★

    Definitely an improvement over the prior installment just by virtue of having a lot more energy, a renewed comic sensibility that mostly works (except for all the business with the Charles' maid, who is such a stock character tinged in all the racist stereotypes that were already being spoken out against in 1941, despite Hollywood's blanket refusal to evolve) - it's more fun to see their son at an age where he can participate a bit more, and the film…

  • Another Thin Man

    Another Thin Man

    ★★½

    There are still some good one-liners here, but the energy just doesn't feel right - the mystery plot is too dry and convoluted, and the Charles family is perhaps a bit tired out from caring for a new baby, and can't get up to the full antics you really want from a Thin Man production. There's some mischief to be had around the edges, and that more or less saves it, but I couldn't really bring myself to care about…

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  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    Pros:
    - Super fun.
    - A smart depiction of queer people in a rural setting.
    - Heartwarming messages about how queer people can be good parents & overcoming internalized homophobia.
    - Cool trans lady character complete with righteous anger.
    - ABBA!

    Cons:
    - Trans woman played by cis man.
    - Weird running joke about deadnaming the trans character.
    - Exhausting racist-as-fuck subplot goes on forever.
    - Too visually distinctive and fun to remake easily, forcing us to sit through the deadnaming and racism because the rest of it is actually good.

  • Coming Out

    Coming Out

    ★★★★★

    Was not expecting the official Godzilla Twitter account to post a 2-minute short film about stop-motion Godzilla accepting his trans daughter on the last day of Pride Month, but here we are. Godzilla said trans rights!! And I'm crying.