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The Rise of the Nutters 2007

★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Jun 2023

The Thick of It is the greatest piece of political fiction ever put to screen, and no other show save for Succession is more successful at dramatizing why exactly everything is as fucked as it is. The highpoint of this whole series is the "Nutters" two-parter, arguably the moment the show truly comes into its own; they give up trying to pretend Malcolm isn't the main character, and the Opposition (personified mostly by Roger Allam) becomes an integral part of…
Spinners and Losers 2007

★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Jun 2023

One of the finest hours of TV ever crafted, a perfect encapsulation of Armando Iannucci's genius. Few others are better able to capture that specific tone where it feels like the entire world is collapsing, but also none of this shit matters; the machine will keep chugging along, regardless of how many people theoretically could become the next PM. I fully believe this is what governmental catastrophes are like in real life; just a bunch of headless chickens running around…

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Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultra Blue 2009

★★½ Watched 09 Jan 2025

my entire Spotify Wrapped next year is gonna be that Irish woman singing about Icelandic Ultrablue
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity 2015

★★★★½ Watched 09 Jan 2025

The humanity of Louis' style approach is out in full force here. Really highlights the benefits of his style of documentary filmmaking - he's really just talking to these people.

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Luce 2019

★★ Watched 13 Aug 2019 11

"I understand context."
Okay, so listen. Reviews for this thing have been golden. It has a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes at time of writing, which does seem to reflect what most audiences are feeling about it right now. It's getting praise left and right. Kelvin Harrison Jr, so good in It Comes at Night, seems primed to break out via this movie. It's packed to the gills with stars. It's a psychological thriller that directly attacks social ills, which…
Even the Rain 2010

★★★★½ Added 3

“The film comes first, always.”

That’s what Sebastián, the director, says to his executive producer, Costa, on the subject of hiring the unruly Daniel. Here’s what’s happened; Sebastian is in Bolivia, looking to shoot on location for his latest film, an incendiary portrait of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the New World. This is a serious production; Sebastián clearly has it in mind that he’s making a 21st century epic (presumably this takes place in a world where Terrence Malick’s…

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