it won best screenplay at Cannes and you can certainly feel the craft of writing as you watch it
for fans of: story told from different perspectives, mystery slowly unfolding, anguish of not being normal, charming Japan, children so cute you want to eat them
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🇪🇸 Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve, J. A. Bayona, 2023)
I thought I wouldn't care since I already knew the story but it's a bit like Titanic, it doesn't matter that you know it sinks
for fans of: gorgeous scenery, trauma bonding, male camaraderie, unlike the film above you don't want to eat anyone but you do watch them eat each other
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🇫🇷 Junkyard Dog (Chien de la casse, Jean-Baptiste Durand, 2023)
as you watch it you think "my god this guy is so charismatic and believable, give him a César" — which is what happened, he won a César
for fans of: hyper realism, anguish of village mentality, loud-mouth guy & quiet guy pairing, toxic masculinity friendship, great acting
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🇬🇧 All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh, 2023)
I'm usually not a fan of that kind of confusing dream-like narrative and wait-what ending, but the general atmosphere is worth it
for fans of: excruciating loneliness and existential dread, the gay experience, Japanese whiskey
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Got a chance to have a few days off from work during the tranquil days of Holy Week and while lazily taking advantage of the 3-day work break blended by a weekend, I happen to stumble upon the link to the trailer of the movie which stars my forever favorite Holllywood Actress, Anne…
regarding Dune Part 2: i am obsessed with its consistent visual theme of self-destruction. the shot of paul surrounded by his new followers seems triumphant - until the viewer remembers that each crysknife is made from a tooth of shai-hulud, and paul is standing in a circle of them, in the allegorical mouth of the worm. he orders a missile strike, and the viewer sees them fly directly through his head. every victory for the prophecy is a blow to paul himself; he's killing himself with every step he takes towards his destiny, and we know that already, and the film is screaming it, but it's a hell of a thing to watch it happen, isn't it?..
Thank you for being nice to me when no one else was. I did notice. It's just that your mom was so heinous that I'd already decided you were, too. You're the type of person who usually bullies me or looks right through me. But you didn't. You actually went out of your way to try to tell people I was part of your family. You really actually wanted me to be your sister. You are, you know? You are my sister. You're a great person, Taff. And I'm sorry I hurt you. I love you.
KATHRYN NEWTON and LIZA SOBERANO as LISA and TAFFY in LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024) dir. Zelda Williams