weird how this was adapted from a twitter thread, cause it has such overwhelming "i did it for the Grams" energy. a zillion possible reads on this one, but i liked it for how it explores the rift between real and imagined American lives. needs an ending, but Janicza Bravo, Mica Levi, and everyone else involved in the sound of this movie… damn. if you close your eyes you can practically hear the internet.

everyone's good in this (even if your…

I don’t know. 
Some aspects I liked and some I didn’t, spent alot of time confused until the storyline actually started and I still didn’t feel like I knew the characters and it felt kinda messy.

Could’ve used some subtitles as well, post credits scene felt too important to be in the post credits. Only really got a grasp of what the themes were in the last 30 minutes. 

What was more rattling for me was the bloke I sat…

It’s no secret that Paolo Sorrentino is profoundly obsessed with the topics of youth and great beauty. Such preoccupations — and several more! — are self-evident in films like “Youth” and “The Great Beauty,” two unbridled displays of Italian maximalism that are every bit as subtle as their titles suggest.

Following 2021’s achingly personal “The Hand of God,” in which the Neapolitan director filtered the agony and the ecstasy of his formative years through the same veil of Fellini-esque sacrilege…

Intentionally tried to wait a bit, think about it, talk and read about it but I think for myself (and in keeping with the ~theme so I don't forget my thoughts like I literally always do nowadays) I'd like to write a few mixed-up things down. will probably edit:

—Naomi Ackie is really great! supremely expressive and versatile. I have no notes :)

—trigger warnings are good! proof, surely, once and for all that you can have one baked into…