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You Should Also Watch - 2024
My mid-year check-in post.
Austin Noto-Moniz
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Kinds of Kindness
The "Poor Things" crowd is gonna have a weird time at the movies this weekend.
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The Bikeriders
At two levels, this movie begins in medias res. The opening scene, when Benny (Austin Butler) is approached by two dudes in a bar and brutally assaulted over his Vandals jacket, freezes just before its key moment in order to jump backwards in time. Enter a voice over from Kathy
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Fresh Kills
What does it mean to have your whole life decided for you by people you don't particularly like?
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Tuesday
...why a macaw?
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The Contestant
One commenter claims this show is partially responsible for the popularity of the eggplant emoji. Which, yeah, checks out.
Festivals
Creative Guts Shorts Festival Wrap-Up
I'd never heard of Creative Guts until I looked more closely at the poster for this short film festival the morning before it took place. I hadn't thought about the name or who was putting on the event, figuring it was simply chosen by the organizers
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Stand By For Failure: A Documentary About Negativland
"I was always considered a little bit strange, so...I just decided one day to start telling the weather."
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Hit Man
"I am a hit man. I am a hit man. I am a solitary..." Oops, wrong movie.
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Kim's Video
An interesting story is only halfway to an interesting documentary.
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And the King Said, What A Fantastic Machine
Early on in Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck's essay film, we're told the story of George Méliès' The Coronation of Edward VII. The same year in which he'd complete A Trip to the Moon, Méliès was hired to film a "pre-enactment&
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Furiosa
Why yes, I do remember Fury Road as a matter of fact.