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More Heartwarming story of one meek woman’s total devotion to a singularly uncharismatic loser. This is part of a Universal Noir collection from Indicator—there is absolutely nothing noir about this movie unless all shadows are noir, in which case, yeah, I guess there were some shadows. AND it’s a period costume drama, ugh.
Eddie Albert plays a likable jerk (way more likable than the ostensibly sympathetic protagonist); he was the one bit of genuine entertainment in the movie.
(Blu-ray, 3-24-26)
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This is a beautiful movie—visually, emotionally, in every way. I’ve seen it kicking around the margins of my cinephile universe for a while but somehow never bothered to check it out until today. A lesbian love story set in 1959 Reno made by a woman, a movie that is absolutely adamant in not sentimentalizing anyone, not pathologizing anyone, not having bad guys and good guys—basically not falling into the “isnt it hard to be a poor sad lesbian?” trap. Instead,…
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More This movie is so much weirder and more unconventional than any of the trailers imply. It’s like six movies in one, with only a loose and incomplete narrative holding it all together. It’s a political thriller. It’s a touching and quirky human interest story about people on the margins of Brazilian society. It’s a Tarantino-esque crime comedy featuring half-competent hitmen and a boorish, corrupt police chief and his try-hard failsons. It’s a metacinematic tale of the power of movies (specifically,…
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A pietà only it’s Josh O’Connor cradling Glenn Close. I would pray to that.
Best of the series. Surprisingly moving. More star power than you can shake a stick at. Weakest when it tries to be “topical” (MAGA’s a cult of personality, I GET it), strongest when it’s taking the issue of faith seriously. And when Bridget Everett is on screen.
(Cinemapolis, Sun. 11/30/25)
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