Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
If you can ignore the unfathomable self flagellating narcissism of the concept, the sexist puddle-deep psychoanalysis of the script, the sheer cringe-dripping gall of Abel's performance, the atrocities committed by the dialogue... this is actually kinda sick?
Trey Edward Shults is a generational talent, in every cut you can feel him literally fighting for his life to make this a good movie. The coverage, edit, and music are all stupendous.
This is a really powerful example of how the spirit…
Trauma emotionally crystallizes us, like a caterpillar who can never break out of its cocoon
This is so much more than victim and perpetrator, it's a startling reflection of two mirrors, an infinite regress of pain that leaves us unable to point fingers, unable to do anything but marvel at how many lifetimes it takes to stop the bleeding and the cutting alike