I’m not a cinephile. I’m a movie buff.
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2017
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I loved watching this film. Not much “happens” but there is a lot going on. The cinematography and framing of every shot is so exquisite that when when it was over I looked out the window and saw the blue sky in between the slats of a Venetian blind and I thought, how infinitely beautiful it is!
Haley Lu Richardson: absolutely heartbreakingly perfect. My favourite scene: when John Cho’s character asks her what moves her about a building and the camera…
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2017
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I loved watching this film. Not much “happens” but there is a lot going on. The cinematography and framing of every shot is so exquisite that when when it was over I looked out the window and saw the blue sky in between the slats of a Venetian blind and I thought, how infinitely beautiful it is!
Haley Lu Richardson: absolutely heartbreakingly perfect. My favourite scene: when John Cho’s character asks her what moves her about a building and the camera…
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2024
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I don’t think this is a great film, but I was entertained. It’s basically a stylish soap opera about three very attractive young people in a love triangle. But I couldn’t get emotionally invested in the characters. They were mostly vapid and not very interesting. Lots of interesting style choices, some of which worked for me and others that didn’t. I thought there was too much repetition, which made it much longer than it needed to be. Also (hate me if you want) the music was annoying a lot of the time.
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2020
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This is billed as comedy, and there are a few cringeworthy laughs, but I think it’s more of a horror film! Which isn’t normally my thing, but this is so well done I couldn’t stop watching
The acting, especially by Rachel Sennott as the eponymous Shiva Baby Danielle, is perfect, with not one false note. With a jarring score, tight close-ups, and characters who alternately harangue and infantilize Danielle, director Emma Seligman conveys a sense of claustrophobic anxiety that builds…
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2024
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I don’t think this is a great film, but I was entertained. It’s basically a stylish soap opera about three very attractive young people in a love triangle. But I couldn’t get emotionally invested in the characters. They were mostly vapid and not very interesting. Lots of interesting style choices, some of which worked for me and others that didn’t. I thought there was too much repetition, which made it much longer than it needed to be. Also (hate me if you want) the music was annoying a lot of the time.
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2020
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This is billed as comedy, and there are a few cringeworthy laughs, but I think it’s more of a horror film! Which isn’t normally my thing, but this is so well done I couldn’t stop watching
The acting, especially by Rachel Sennott as the eponymous Shiva Baby Danielle, is perfect, with not one false note. With a jarring score, tight close-ups, and characters who alternately harangue and infantilize Danielle, director Emma Seligman conveys a sense of claustrophobic anxiety that builds…
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