i’m thinking of ending things (2020)
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions. Their lives a mimicry. Their passions a quotation.” The wind’s chiming as I type these words. I hear the […]
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
“You know, they put themselves in danger… girls like that.” Somewhat flawed in its messaging yet more tantalizing than just about any film to be born from the laborious 2020, Promising […]
Sound of Metal (2020)
“The hearing that you have lost is not coming back.” Guitar static lingers and anticipation awaits in the opening sequence of Sound of Metal, quite possibly the best and most […]
Sylvie’s Love (2020)
“You’re not ordinary to me.” Sylvie’s Love feels like the kind of rare, finely aged, backroom bottle you’d have to ask a sommelier to bring to the table instead of […]
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
“No true hero is born from lies.” There’s no mincing of words when it comes to the message Wonder Woman 1984 quite desperately aims to impassion and inspire its audience with, […]
Love Actually (2003)
“Love is everywhere.” I find it nearly to impossible to not swoon over the sentimental beginning of Love Actually. Released at the start of 2003’s cozy holiday season, the film […]
Uncle Frank (2020)
“You gonna be the person you decide to be, or are you gonna be the person everyone else tells you you are?” He sits in the corner reading and thinking. […]
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
“Last time we all tried to take a trip, we had a problem just like this.” It’s pretty shocking that Home Alone 2: Lost in New York holds up as well […]
The Midnight Sky (2020)
“Is anyone out there?” So very stagnant and stationary, so tragic and so stifling, The Midnight Sky is a textbook example of a film that begs to be felt but […]
Driveways (2020)
“Why didn’t we see her?” Heartfelt, present, incredibly personal. Driveways is the kind of movie that softly kneads its way into your soul, almost like a parent massaging Vicks salve onto […]
