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‘Beau is Afraid,’ the Odyssian anxiety attack
9/10 In the first shot of Beau is Afraid, Beau Wassermann (Joaquin Phoenix and Armen Nahapetian) is born. 47 years later, Wassermann, who has grown into a man ruled by breathtaking anxiety and paranoia, is getting ready to visit his … Continue reading
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Tagged A24, Ari Aster, Beau is Afraid, Hereditary, Joaquin Phoenix, Midsommar, Odyssyan anxiety attack
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It’s OK if you didn’t get ‘The Green Knight’
9/10 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight completes the evolution of distributor A24 from a distribution conglomerate, which simply bought festival films to pump and flip into theaters, to a production company, to a brand and finally to its own … Continue reading
Reely understanding the ‘Suspiria’ remake
The 2018 Suspiria remake is a daunting masterpiece of queer and anti-fascist cinema that demands to be understood on its own terms. I’ve ‘splained this movie enough times during quarantine, or tried to, that I think it’s time to put … Continue reading
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Tagged #dakota johnson, #the witch, German Autumn, Hereditary, Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria, Tilda Swinton
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‘Knives Out’ is a fucking blast
9/10 I had the chance to see Knives Out for free and couldn’t wait for the chance to pay to see it again. It is so much fun. It’s a kind of fun I’d almost given up on having in … Continue reading
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Tagged #chris evans, #daniel craig, #Disney, #donald trump, #james bond, #lionsgate, #martin scorsese, #michael shannon, #rian johnson, #star wars, Ana de Armas, Captain America, Christopher Plummer, Don Johnson, fandom, Foghorn Leghorn, Hereditary, Jaeden Martell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Knives Out, Lakeith Stanfield, Looper, Marvel, No Time to Die, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Irishman, Toni Collette
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‘The Lighthouse’ is definitely a movie
9/10 A few weeks after Joker brought the “we live in a society” meme to incredibly vivid life, Robert Eggers and A24 one-upped it by bringing the mad munchkin viral video to theaters in The Lighthouse, which sees Robert Pattinson … Continue reading
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