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My guy. I talk about El Sur a lot and get looks like I mispronounced Big Sur. Erice is required viewing. Harrowing, heartbreaking, restrained, composed, truth, memory. Get into it.
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St. Omer - Based on true events, beautifully tragic story about motherhood, being an immigrant, and the French court system.
The Act of Killing - Documentary about the Cambodian genocide acted out by the actual perpetrators of the killings.
Oslo, August 31 - By the director of the worst person in the world, about a down recovering drug addict in the pits of misery
The Turin Horse - A slow journey towards death
EO - Beautifully shot film from the perspective of a saint-like donkey existing in our broken world (for more donkey suffering, see: Au hasard, Balthazar)
Come and See - most anti-war war movie to exist; the internet’s new favorite saddest sad movie
Amour - Love at the end of life
Oct 23, 2024
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Devastating. absolute gut punch. one of those where you become so immersed in the actor that you forget you’re watching a performance. Cannot stop thinking about this story and the quiet and absolute strength and perseverance of Eunice.
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Today's eclipse brought this movie to mind, easily my favorite Weerasethakul and maybe my favorite film depending on the day. Haunting and healing is kinda his whole thing but I find Syndromes to be the most so, truly a trance I never want to end. Would you believe me if I told you one of cinema's most unnerving moments is a slow zoom into a pipe?
"No matter what people do, no matter what we do, something always watches us. Like you coming here... it knows all about you. I know as well"
Apr 9, 2024
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Leigha is one of my favorite artists. I own a painting of hers, a self-portrait, and it's one of the pieces that is most meaningful to me. She inspires me. Her work inspires me. Check her out.
Nov 30, 2023
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Rock is back. We all know he's the best but I went to his show last week after he dj'd my film's afterparty and I'm looking around and it was such a gratifying feeling to see kids are cool again. There was a while there I was starting to worry. Music's in a very good place with him at the forefront.
Nov 30, 2023
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Anyone who knows me knows there's always a green bottle somewhere in my vicinity. I've been drinking this water for over 15 years, before it was popular. When I was in Austin for a job I went to the deli and picked some up and as the gentleman was checking me out he says, "Elvis water, huh." I ask him, "What do you mean?" and he goes, "Elvis used to only drink Mountain Valley Water. It was like his thing." Turns out, on the MV website, they remark that it was the water Elvis exclusively drank and if it was good enough for Elvis...
Nov 30, 2023