A bravissim[o/a] LGBTQ+ tribute w. depth-heavy multi-perspective doc exposition on gender identity, vicissitude, oppression, existentialism, isolation, trans progres. activism: beautiful, sweeping, & impresionante as bucolic Italy countryside. 9.2/10.
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Category: Drama/Indie
Heojil Kyolshim (2022)
The Directorial Palme D’Or For 2022 Aggrandizes S. Korea’s Lengthy Resumé Of Viral Pedigree Cinema/TV; a serpentine mystery-thriller x mercury noir x wry comedy x romance w. anfractuous themes: woe, toxicity, gaslighting, lust. 9.3/10.
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Les Bonnes Étoiles [Broker] (2022)
Once-a-generation does a film release at such a perfect temporal amalgamation of politics & climate: baby box project at a time of Roe v. Wade chaos & farcical caper on community, faith, agency, ethics, $, trafficking,.. w. career role by Kang-ho. 8/10.
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Holy Spider (2022)
Brazen, Egregious, Milieu-Apropros Persian Noir/True-Crime Nightmare, Abassi’s wicked chastizement of evil banality & fundamentalist hypocrisy in mecca stuns – even if gets ~lost between axiom x amorality & weak courtroom-drama arc. 7.1/10.
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The Whale (2022)
La Radrizzaré Lion D’Oro De Venezia 79, Aronofsky resurfaces w. characteristically heartbreaking, layered, complex psychology drama of compassion, gentle giantry, binge/guilt eating of hyperrevelance to 2000’s; Fraser’s career performance. 9.5/10.
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Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022)
The Humble Origins, Gascönade, Moxie, Twstd Fantasy, Dropout, 808’s, Heartbreak, Flashing Lights, Presidency, Fashion, Religion, & Oracular Graduation Of The New Gen. MJ, JYAT: worthy, hypercreative, street-ground, valorous indie KW doc. 8.7/10.
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House Of The Dragon (2022)
The Beginning Of House Targaryen & Fire-And-Blood Prequel To GOT And DOTD; Royal Homecoming for the George R.R. Martin-verse After S8 – one with nuanced tonal shifts, epic prod. value, fresh story/characterization,.. & more dragons. 8.7/10.
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Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
A Viral Spit Video, Pretentious Director, ~Weinstein-Reverse Affair Scandal|Casting, Faux Charlatan-Actor Popstar, Disgruntled Pugh, Gaslit Hostage Chris, Etc.,.. DWD’s juicy tabloid melodrama: 10x > awful retro-fantasy proj.; execs should worry. 3.2/10.
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Bel-Air (2022)
The New Prince Standard For Reboots & Proof Of Grassroots Filmmaking Talent By Viral YouTube Origins, Bel-Air’s fresh modern perspective & tonal remix of the icon 90’s sitcom is genius – even if Peacock’s version pales to MC’s original video. 6.2/10.
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Strawberry Mansion (2022)
A hyperimaginative time/space-bending fantasia dreamscape & new cult-classic contrastively juxtaposing the ethereal freedom, limitlessness, mystery, euphoria, life of imagination w. etiolate, grayscale euthanization of govt. & capitalism. 9.5/10.
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