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Evil Does Not Exist 2023
loved it even more the second time.
a study of man’s relationship to the nature around him and inside him; the serenity and violence innate to both; a responsibility to honor the balance. (love the way the editing/sound play into that contrast as well: long, lush sections of eiko ishibashi score, abruptly cut to silence)
i’m reminded again of the buddhist adage “before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. after enlightenment: chop wood, carry water.” there are multiple interpretations. one way…
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Poor Things 2023
barbie for perverts. of course i loved it.
bella baxter is a protagonist i fiercely relate to: stylish, horny, impatient, bad with social cues, enrages men by simply existing…all i need are some 32” bundles and to throw stuff in peoples faces wayyyyyy more (resolutions for 2024!)
a lavish little treat, brimming with warmth and humanism yorgos has scarcely revealed before. feels like eating a perfect pain au chocolat. love the way the score lilts and curls around itself, like the sound of a question being asked
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Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
sat fully upright and didn’t move for the entire runtime. marty is the master for a reason: no one else can do what he does. the way this film is in conversation with his other work — about the ideological project of america, about love, about evil, about complicity — is staggering. lily gladstone is fucking spellbinding. i wept so much for mollie. she and her family are the soul of this thing; as the film moved further away from…
