dialogue is a little city girl dir. sarah ramos, but you kind of get on board and realize it serves a purpose. clarity is such a rarity and yet its one of the tools have full access to. we get swept up in what we get to see—what we get to live through—and miss out in all these opportunities to communicate it back. a lot of what we say might amount to nothing, but it’d be worse to say nothing at all, and risk losing the language that could live (and save) long after us.
Reviews tagged ‘cinemapolis’ by friends of mm Patron
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Conclave 2024
Nothing hits quite like a pulpy, throwaway airport thriller turned into a prestige drama. That this flows this smoothly and builds to a satisfying emotional and almost lyrical denoument makes it all the more wonderful.
In this particular moment in time (I will never write that phrase again, I promise) I also think it’s an important statement that we are not our institutions, and our institutions are not us. The importance of releasing ourselves from the past. How suspicious we all should be of those who seek power, and the things they’ll do when they have it.
Love da movies.
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A Different Man 2024
please don’t remind me that i do not have to anchor myself to some pretend idea of value, or that i shouldn’t stand underneath the ever-expanding danger until it crashes down on me. yes, i know that if i draw attention to it someone else will see it too, maybe even patch it up and fix it for me. why is it, that we hope to go unrecognized, until we catch a glimpse of recognition? it’s beyond us. it’s always a reflection that makes it clear. and we begin to chase the reflection, that is always there, but just beyond our reach.
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My First Film 2024
been thinking a lot about what we make things for/who we make things for, or even something more mundane and universal: what/who do we do things for? the constant moving forward. lately, i've been consumed by stories about people feeling their work or their efforts are not reaching enough people — and yet they are reaching the people closest to them. the people involved in the making, in the doing. there is something unfinished about that feeling, though. like something…
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Good One 2024
the feeling of a mosquito landing on you, noticing it, and trying to sweep it away before it bites; to be in tune with it all, to know when danger is approaching, and to keep feeling it on your skin even after you’ve brushed it off.
the fool is a sign of good luck & new beginnings, because he might not notice at all. to notice is to see where the pain lies.
there’s a fresh bite on my arm from…
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Janet Planet 2023
how do we live our lives, forwards or backwards, when it feels like we're not living them at all? the tape is jammed in the vcr. we're building stages for immovable objects and hoping something comes to life in the middle of the night. life is slow, or so it feels that way. sticky nights, counting how many seconds it takes for the fan to stretch its neck from side to side. i remember it so well, and at times, miss…
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Challengers 2024
has been and will continue to be talked about to death, as it should be. it’s exactly what the movie asks of us! it’s all about secret languages and wanting to witness something great but to also be as close to something great as possible. in the middle of it. i think as viewers, dissecting and discussing is our way of trying to get in the middle, to be in communication, to know what is being said between two people…
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La Chimera 2023
riparbella, or as i said quickly in my head, like i was looking at it through the window of a moving train, repairable. does the mind play tricks, or is it a spirit?
the intention is not always to hide but to protect. coincidentally, we forget how precious our secrets are when we’re digging up someone else’s. but at the same time — isn’t the spirit the most precious heirloom? isn’t that what we’re hoping to find by holding onto…
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Problemista 2023
the world is so isolating but sometimes you meet someone that’s trying to preserve something when you are trying to build something worth preserving, and it’s like two halves of a makeshift necklace sloppily locking together. those that grow and those that tend will always find a way to work through something together, even if they sometimes wish they could trade places.
left feeling like i had someone in my corner—that the box i was (am) living in is not one-dimensional—that more corners exist for someone to be in. the best feeling: the world expanding.
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The Iron Claw 2023
what is the purpose of strength if it’s just a costume — when it ends at what’s physical?
the brothers seem toughest, and yet sweetest, when they are together. both are required for strength to have any meaning. to utilize strength you need urgency, love, connection.
incredibly well acted. so intertwined, they’re like dominoes. such a stark contrast from when harris dickinson is there… and then isn’t. a complete collapse. they’re so similar in their identity, pain, and abuse that…
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The Holdovers 2023
so much of life comes down to how we choose to respond to what we see & what we are challenged with. especially when things appear to come so easily to the people around us, and their problems are resolved without any effort on their part. life, for many of us, forces us to be resourceful. and what comes out of our attempts to achieve the desirable is unpredictable, sometimes painful, sometimes a failure. a dessert that bursts into flames, a…
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Showing Up 2022
been sitting on this review for a while so let me just start by saying this meant a whole lot to me! my relationship with film & art has shifted so much in the past year or so. what i glean is not something i necessarily feel i can or want to share. i think i turned inward because i started doubting my ability to say anything meaningful. when you are afraid people will stop showing up for you, you forget…